Prince Felix Yusupov: The Man Who Murdered Rasputin

Prince Felix Yusupov: The Man Who Murdered Rasputin

This powerful biography tells the compelling story of Prince Felix Yusupov â€” the man who murdered Rasputin.

The murder of the Tsarinaâ€™s â€˜Mad Monkâ€™ sent shock waves through pre-revolutionary Russia. Many foretold it would mean the end of the monarchy â€” and they might have been right.

But the murderers and their leader, the notorious Prince Yusupov, saw Rasputinâ€™s hold over Nicholas II and his wife as an evil influence that was destroying Russia, whose armies were being slaughtered in the First World War.

Yusupov was one of the richest men in Russia. He was also handsome, amusing and vain, boasting of the smallest waist of any man in Europe.

Though married to the Tsarâ€™s niece, Irina, he was homosexual and often paraded in womenâ€™s clothes â€” as such he even excited the attention of King Edward VII at the ThÃ©Ã¢tre des Capucines.

During the revolution he was rescued at the eleventh hour with other members of the Imperial Family and went to Paris where he settled. His flamboyant lifestyle, his business adventures, court cases and struggles to raise money on the Yusupov jewels, as well as his friendships with the great of the time, including the Windsors, make exciting reading.

Based on personal interviews and meticulous research, this enthralling biography captures the flavour of a bizarre, eventful and extraordinary life.

Christopher Dobson is an author and foreign correspondent who has travelled the world in the pursuit of news. His front-line coverage of the wars in the Middle East and Vietnam won him widespread acclaim and he was voted International Journalist of the Year in 1968.

He now specializes in writing about terrorism and is recognized as one of the leading experts in this field. Married with four children, he lives in Sussex where he spends as much time as he can fishing, shooting, gardening and reading.

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Country USA
Author Christopher Dobson
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 264
PublicationDate 2016-05-24
ReleaseDate 2016-05-24

Country	USA
Author	Christopher Dobson
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	264
PublicationDate	2016-05-24
ReleaseDate	2016-05-24

Prince Felix Yusupov: The Man Who Murdered Rasputin

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