Rasputin: The Last Word - Edvard Radzinskii

Rasputin: The Last Word - Edvard Radzinskii: Oh, those Russians (1157 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 20.03.04 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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Everything I knew about Grigori Rasputin, the ?mad monk? who wielded an unhealthy influence in the court of the Russian Tsar just before the Revolution, came from three sources. There?s a decent Hammer horror starring Christopher Lee, a terrible costume drama starring Alan Rickman, and an absolutely fantastic song by Boney M. I got this book mainly because I felt that those three sources of information weren?t giving me the complete story. Rasputin?s always struck me as an interesting sort of chap, and Rasputin: The Last Word looked long enough to be fairly comprehensive. ...