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The first indepth biography based on explosive new documents from radzinsky russian. On july 17, 1918, nicholas iithe last tsar in the 300year old romanov dynastyand his wife, five children, family doctor, and three servants were executed in the storage room of a squalid house in a small siberian city, their bodies burned, then buried in a mine shaft. The only gripe i have with this book which also applies to other radzinskys historical books i read is that often he presents his theories as something that is proven, even though most of the times they are just interesting suggestions. The rasputin file edvard radzinsky, author, judson rosengrant, translator nan a. From the bestselling author of stalin and the last tsar comes the rasputin file. But in 1995 a lost file from the state archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of rasputin s inner circle. Rosengrant, judson trn, isbn 0385489102, isbn 9780385489102, brand new, free shipping in the us based on documents long missing from kgb files, this fascinating account of rasputin, a man who weilded unprecidented power over the last czar of russia, attempts to understand this enigmatic and charismatic figure. The first indepth biography based on explosive new documents from russias secret archives, and the rasputin file, and more on. Great book, really presents rasputin in a new light, all his shortcomings and craziness notwithstanding. Edvard radzinsky books list of books by author edvard radzinsky. Radzinsky is an author of more than forty popular nonfiction books on historical subjects. For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role grigory rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist russia.
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