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Rasputin

Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
Jan 27, 2017lukasevansherman rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
You could ask a lot of people about Rasputin and you'd probably get answers about a mad monk who helped bring down the Romanovs and was assassinated. Douglas Smith's exhaustive and exhausting (700 pages plus notes) aims to find the truth behind the myth. It's an Impressive work of scholarship, but I don't if it's meant for a general reader. I lost interest about 300 pages in. There's a lot of interesting material here, but it's not well-edited and the sheer bulk is overwhelming. Again, perhaps it's meant more for the Russian scholar than the average reader.