
Prelude to the Revolution: The Murder of Rasputin Hardcover 1593307128 9781593307127 Ronald C. Moe
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- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- Publication dateOctober, 2011
- Pages726
- SubgenreHistory
- PublisherAventine Press
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- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Ronald C. Moe
- ISBN10: 1593307128
- ISBN13: 9781593307127
This is the story of the dissolution of the mighty empire of the Russian Tsars and of the man, Grigory Rasputin, whose murder sealed its fate. The reader will be fascinated with all the amazing elements in this saga of political dissolution; occultism, police conspiracies, high-stakes diplomacy, duels, romance, court intrigue, war, and ultimately murder and national tragedy. And it is all true and documented. This is not a novel. The murder of Rasputin and the dissolution of the Romanov monarchy were events of extraordinary significance during the early Twentieth Century with consequences continuing to the present day nearly a century later. The author, Ronald C. Moe, describes Russia under Nicholas II 1894-1917 with its fascination for mysticism, commitment to the fine arts, especially ballet, rapid industrial growth, and the political struggles and progress toward achieving a working constitutional monarchy. All this was placed at risk by Russias involvement in World War I and especially by the presence of a staretz 'holy man' near the throne bringing it into disrepute. When all the efforts to remove Rasputin from the Imperial presence failed, the rich, handsome, Prince Felix Yusupov, married to the Tsars niece, determined to organize a conspiracy to murder Rasputin. While the tale of Rasputins murder has been told many times in books and movies, much of what is written and screened is the stuff of half-truths and legends. The reader will be introduced here to the true story of what happened that dark night in December 1916; who was involved in the conspiracy, the role of British agents that night, who fired the fatal shots, why the main conspirators kept the secrets of what actually happened until their deaths, and why the murder was much more important to world history than generally believed. The reader is invited to join the author in reliving one of the crucial events in world history.
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