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Told with humor, intrigue, and a shrewd eye for detail, this riveting short biography sheds much-needed light on the life of nineteenth-century Russian icon Grigory Rasputin.

Grigory Rasputin, a Siberian peasant turned mystic and court sage, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, "I don't even know the ABC." But, as the only person able to relieve the symptoms of hemophilia in the Tsar's heir Alexei, he gained almost hallowed status within the Imperial court.

During the last decade of his life, Rasputin...

Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, 'I don't even know my ABC...' But, as the only person able to relieve the symptoms of haemophilia in the Tsar's heir Alexis, he gained almost hallowed status within the Imperial court. During the last decade of his life, he and his band of 'little ladies' came to symbolise all that was decadent and remote about the royal family. His role in the downfall of the tsarist regime is beyond dispute. But who was he really?...

When I was bigger I remember that first morning after Rasputin was drowned. All the papers were full of it. I also have a general impression of the first revolution, when the Provisional Government was in. There was such joy at the revolution and the government, they all felt that Russia was ready for democratic government, Irina Sergevna Tidmarsh. After collectivization, life was difficult, there were queues for food and people were accused of being wreckers and of deliberately sabotaging ... Soviet newspapers were full of stories about depression and unemployment in the capitalist world'....