{"product_id":"rasputin-the-downfall-of-the-romanovs-9798217061181","title":"Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully written, clear-eyed biography of a very Russian tragedy.\"--Dan Jones, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history's most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his seduction of the imperial household, contributed to the collapse of the greatest autocracy in the world \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Russia's Dowager Empress was pregnant with the future Tsar, she dreamed that a peasant would one day kill her son. The idea terrified her, and for the rest of her days she 'lived under the pressure of the prophecy'. Did the prophecy come true with the arrival at court of a mysterious, barely literate \u003ci\u003emoujhik \u003c\/i\u003efrom Siberia, Grigori Rasputin? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this extraordinary portrait of an enigmatic character, Antony Beevor brings readers closer than ever before to Rasputin's scandalous life and death. Though he had no official position at court, Rasputin's hold over the Romanovs became the stuff of legend. Exaggerated accounts of political and financial corruption swirled around him, to say nothing of the stories of his debauchery with the Empress and even her daughters. The consequences of the rumor and conspiracy theories were devastating--when the February revolution broke out in 1917, hardly a sword was raised in the Tsar's defense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough extensive use of previously unpublished reports, interviews, and interrogations, Beevor shows the truth of Rasputin's rampant lust and opportunism, victimization of poor and vulnerable women, and deep hypocrisy and corruption. Part political thriller, part gothic mystery, \u003ci\u003eRasputin \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating story of human perversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antony Beevor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.26w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217061181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANTONY BEEVOR is the author of thirteen works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eCrete\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded a Runciman Prize; \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the first Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; and \u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Prix Henry Malherbe in France and the Westminster Medal. His most recent work is \u003ci\u003eRussia: Revolution and Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e 1917-1921. Educated at Sandhurst, Beevor served as regular officer with the 11th Hussars, leaving the Army after five years to write. He was knighted in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Antony Beevor \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47858825592989,"sku":"9798217061181","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b80e36c0-b718-4462-9c3a-112b708bbc52.jpg?v=1776861217","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/rasputin-the-downfall-of-the-romanovs-9798217061181","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}