Waubonsee Community College

Rasputin, the untold story, Joseph T. Fuhrmann

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index

individual biography

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Rasputin

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Joseph T. Fuhrmann

the untold story

"Legend portrays Rasputin as the 'Mad Monk' who rampaged through St. Petersburg in an alcoholic haze, making love to scores of women. A symbol of excess and religious extremism, he was believed to hold a mysterious power, emanating from his hypnotic eyes, over Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The fact that he was neither mad nor a monk has not stopped scores of writers from repeating these and other bogus claims. In Rasputin: the untold story, Rasputin scholar Joseph Fuhrmann shares the fruits of this two-decade search for the truth about Rasputin through previously closed Soviet archives. The man he discovers is entirely human and even more fascinating than the Svengali-like caricature imagined by millions. This definitive biography unveils the truth behind Gregory Rasputin's storied life, controversial relationships, and much-discussed death. Furhmann unearths previously unknown details from Rasputin's childhood and his early years as a farmer and itinerant preacher to his decade-long relationship with the Romanovs."--Jacket

Cast of Characters -- The Outsider -- Seeker and Teacher -- Nicholas and Alexandra : Waiting for a Freind -- The New Rasputin -- The Church Strikes Back -- The Romanovs' Holy Fool -- The Captain's Mysterious Report -- Black Boars Become Bishops -- "You Are Our All" -- "God Has Heard Your Prayers" -- Spiritual Crisis -- "The Slut Stuck a Knife Up My Ass!" -- Disaster Lurks in Moscow -- The Tsar Takes Command -- Rasputin Conquers the State -- The Church at the Feet of a "Low Hound" -- "Our Friend's Ideas About Men Are Sometimes Queer? -- Shadows Come at Twilight -- The Assassin -- Murder at the Palace -- The Aftermath -- Who Really Killed Rasputin? -- Epilogue