Steven p and rasputin biography

"Perceptive in its human portraits, penetrating in its political analysis, brilliantly researched, and enlivened by a crazed cast of degenerate priests, whores, charlatans, adventurers, mystics, murderers, and a completely overburdened and incompetent Tsar Nicholas II, Smith has presented a riveting portrayal of Grigory Rasputin, whose end brought with it the finale of the tsars' empire."

— Theodor Kissel, Frankfurt Live (Germany)

"A must read ...

minutely researched and luminously readable."

— Jane Shilling, The Daily Mail (UK)

"The best biography of Rasputin and a splendid piece of work."

— Gary Saul Morson, First Things

"As we immerse ourselves in this year's commemoration of 1917, we should not forget the recently passed centenary of the man who was more responsible than any other for bringing down the Romanovs.

Such a grand claim for Grigory Rasputin's significance may invite scepticism, but Douglas Smith's engrossing and deeply research