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Rasputin: Satyr, Saint or Satan
by Douglas Myles

320pages

Published: 1990

Genre: Biography

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Languages: English

ISBN Hardcover: 0070442398

ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available

Print Status: out of print

description:

A popular biography of Rasputin.

unique features:

Interspersed with fictionalized narrative, describing the setting and characters’ thoughts.

in my opinion:

I quickly lost interest as the fictionalized sections became less clearly delineated from the non-fiction.

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