Rasputin's Legacy
Rasputin's Legacy

Author: Troy Matthew Carnes

Publisher:

Published: 2010-06-03

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9781935605416

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What if the two most ruthless mass murderers in history wanted you dead? Giorgi Lazarov isonly a young boy, but he canpredictthe future. Until recently, only one person on earth knew thatGiorgi's remarkable gift was passed down from his famous grandfather Grigori Rasputin. But now the two most dangerous menin the world know of his special power.Adolf Hitler learnsofhim throughSS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler's most gifted witch, and Joseph Stalin finds outwhen an insaneprostitute languishing in an asylum claims to have borne Rasputin's child. Sheis in fact Giorgi's grandmother. Now, as theNazi war machine invades the Soviet Union, launchingthe bloodiest conflict in human history, both Hitler and Stalinwant him desperately. They send their mostcapable assassins to find the boy andeither claim hispower for their cause ormakecertain thathe does not live to beused against them.When the Germans capturehisvillage, Giorgi is separated from his parents, and he finds himselfin a world ofmadness and utter evil where it seems thereare only killers and corpses. The people of the Ukrainecan see no hope for salvation, but Giorgi can see everything... More information on Troy Matthew Carnes inside and on his author site: www.troymatthewcarnes.com

Rasputin's Legacy
Rasputin's Legacy

Author: Lee Jackson

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781951249649

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WHEN THE PRESIDENT ORDERS ATCHO ON A COVERT MISSION IN SIBERIA, HE'LL FACE HIS GREATEST DANGER YET. A spell-binding tale of action and intrigue set in the Cold War Soviet Union. A CIA officer is assassinated in a village outside Paris. But before he is killed, Atcho learns of a dangerous conspiracy unfolding in Moscow. Now Atcho must outwit Russian military and intelligence agents and prevent disaster. If he fails, nuclear annihilation will follow. But when his fiancee--a former CIA operative--unexpectedly appears in Siberia to save him, Atcho must decide whether he can sacrifice himself to win...or lose everything he holds dear. Perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum, John le Carre, W.E.B. Griffin, and Ken Follett. ___________________________ Praise for RASPUTIN'S LEGACY: "Pure Gold! Atcho grabs you at the beginning, and won't let go." --Carmine Zozzora, Producer of Die Hard with a Vengeance and Color of Night "Wow! The story is gripping and plausible, the warning real. A must read." --Joe Galloway, NYT Bestselling Author of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young and We Are Soldiers Still "Clearly one of the best books of historical fiction I have ever read. Extremely entertaining and educational at the same time." --Lieutenant-General Rick Lynch (Retired), former Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division during the Surge in Iraq "With this page-turning thriller, Lee connects the brooding mystic Rasputin to the Cold War, traces his dark influence into the present, and makes it relevant to today's churning world events. Stunning!" --Bill Thompson, Editor of Stephen King's Carrie and John Grisham's The Firm "Riveting! Lee Jackson takes you on a thrilling ride through the intrigue of the Soviet Union as it raced toward its final days. Feel the fight of those reaching for freedom against the chaos brought on by Rasputin. Couldn't put it down." --Kris "Tanto" Paronto, Bestselling Author of The Ranger Way ___________________________ What readers are saying about LEE JACKSON and RASPUTIN'S LEGACY: ★★★★★ "Lee Jackson has hit another "home run" ★★★★★ "...this book grabs the reader like a gator grabbing a chicken." ★★★★★ " [Jackson] ...skillfully weaved historical fact and plausible fiction together." ★★★★★ "From the intriguing beginning to the heart racing, action-packed end... lived up to all my expectations and more."

Rasputin
Rasputin

Author: Douglas Smith

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2016-11-22

Total Pages: 849

ISBN-13: 0374711232

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On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery and sinister political influence are the stuff of legend, and the downfall of the Romanov dynasty was laid at his feet. But as the prizewinning historian Douglas Smith shows, the true story of Rasputin's life and death has remained shrouded in myth. A major new work that combines probing scholarship and powerful storytelling, Rasputin separates fact from fiction to reveal the real life of one of history's most alluring figures. Drawing on a wealth of forgotten documents from archives in seven countries, Smith presents Rasputin in all his complexity--man of God, voice of peace, loyal subject, adulterer, drunkard. Rasputin is not just a definitive biography of an extraordinary and legendary man but a fascinating portrait of the twilight of imperial Russia as it lurched toward catastrophe.

Leaving a Legacy
Leaving a Legacy

Author: Dr. David L. Clifton

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1512720526

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Hitler died in his destructive quest to build a world empire. Caesar conquered the known world and was stabbed in the back. Louis XIV nearly bankrupted France in his pursuit of building the most glorious palace ever conceived. What do the rich and famous leave behind? What about those who are not so famous? What are we leaving our families, our children, or those we love? When we stand before God on our day of reckoning, what will we have to show? What about Jesus? Did He exist, and did He leave behind anything on earth as His legacy? You will find the answers you need in Leaving a Legacy. What is our purpose in life? You will not stop reading until you find out about those you thought you knew and those you need to know!

The Rasputin File
The Rasputin File

Author: Edvard Radzinsky

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2010-05-12

Total Pages: 575

ISBN-13: 0307754669

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From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role Grigory Rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist Russia. But in 1995 a lost file from the State Archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of Rasputin’s inner circle. With this extensive and explicit amplification of the historical record, Edvard Radzinsky has written a definitive biography, reconstructing in full the fascinating life of an improbable holy man who changed the course of Russian history. Translated from the Russian by Judson Rosengrant.

Carlota's Legacy
Carlota's Legacy

Author: Claude Brickell

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-09-04

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0557123100

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Carlota's Legacy, rooted in a rich, historical past, this adventure-mystery finds young and accomplished art historian Michael Bennington approached at a New York jewelry auction by a pleasant enough prince and princess from Belgium who wish to engage him in a curious assignment. He must track down the whereabouts of a priceless diamond and ruby necklace the couple thought they owned, but after having theirs appraised, discovered it had somehow been switched with a cut-glass fake. Michael accepts the assignment with a heightened passion--his specialty is 19th century jewels--and is off to Mexico City where the real necklace originated. From there, he traces the path of this rare artifact to various international locales including St. Petersburg, Paris, Los Angeles and New York and ending up in Brussels where the prince and princess reside for a harrowing life-and-death finale. The quirky former owners of the necklace are all beyond belief but are historically factual nonetheless and their exotic and lurid pasts both astound and captivate the reader.

Rasputin and the Jews
Rasputin and the Jews

Author: Delin Colón

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781461027751

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This book is an account of Rasputin as a healer, equal rights activist and man of God, and why he was so vilified by the aristocracy that their libelous and slanderous rumors became accepted as history. For nearly a century, Grigory Rasputin, spiritual advisor to Russia's last Tsar and Tsarina, has been unjustly maligned simply because history is written by the politically powerful and not by the common man. A wealth of evidence shows that Rasputin was discredited by a fanatically anti-Semitic Russian society, for advocating equal rights for the severely oppressed Jewish population, as well as for promoting peace in a pro-war era. Testimony by his friends and enemies, from all social strata, provides a picture of a spiritual man who hated bigotry, inequity and violence. The author is the great-great niece of Aron Simanovitch, Rasputin's Jewish secretary.

The Legacy of Soviet Dissent
The Legacy of Soviet Dissent

Author: Robert Horvath

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1134317980

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During the 1970s, dissidents like Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn dominated Western perceptions of the USSR, but were then quickly forgotten, as Gorbachev's reformers monopolised the spotlight. This book restores the dissidents to their rightful place in Russian history. Using a vast array of samizdat and published sources, it shows how ideas formulated in the dissident milieu clashed with the original programme of perestroika, and shaped the course of democratisation in post-Soviet Russia. Some of these ideas - such the dissidents' preoccupation with glasnost and legality, and their critique of revolutionary violence - became part of the agenda of Russia's democratic movement. But this book also demonstrates that dissidents played a crucial role in the rise of the new Russian radical nationalism. Both the friends and foes of Russian democracy have a dissident lineage.

Lost Splendor
Lost Splendor

Author: Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ)

Publisher: Helen Marx Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9781885586582

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Rasputin's is one of the most famous deaths in history. Now, his assassin's thrilling memoir is finally back in print. Born to great riches in the days before the Russian Revolution, and married to the niece of Czar Nicholas II, Prince Felix Youssoupoff observed at close range the rampant corruption and intrigues of the imperial court, which culminated in the rise to power of the sinister monk Rasputin. In 1916, Prince Felix and several aristocratic cohorts killed Rasputin, which more than any other single event brought about the cataclysmic upheaval of Tsarist Russia.