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Rasputin: Neither Devil Nor Saint
by Elizabeth Judas

283pages

Published: 1942

Genre: Memoir

Publisher: Wetzel Publishing Co.

Languages: English

ISBN Hardcover: Unknown

ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available

Print Status: out of print

description:

A personal account of the life of Rasputin, told by the neice of an imperial physician.

unique features:

Reminisces of encounters with Rasputin in his home in Siberia.

in my opinion:

A very sympathetic and sanitized view of Rasputin himself, combined with a sensationalistic account of the end of the Romanov dynasty, often based on rumors.

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