Rasputin Category_YOUNG ADULT and one woman’s reputation could

and one woman’s reputation could shatter overnight

building suspense through shifting perspectives and mounting unease

grief and guilt make for a potent mix

this book is (almost) as good as a trip across Asia

her part in a centuries-old love story and the price she will pay - remaining forever in the realm of immortals for those she loves

Rasputin Category_YOUNG ADULT and one woman’s reputation could**Rasputin** by Douglas Smith is gripping narrative history that traces how a barely literate Siberian peasant became the most notorious figure at the heart of Imperial Russia. Part political biography, part study of power and paranoia, its a page turning look at the Romanov court on the eve of collapse. Smith follows Rasputin from obscure beginnings to his extraordinary access to Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, examining how a self styled