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The Minister of Evil

William Le Queux

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. . .Alexandra."

Again he treated her invitation with contempt, for following this, ten days later, she sent him another telegram:

"If you still refuse to come I will send Anna to you to try and induce you to reconsider the situation. Nicholas is extremely anxious to consult you. Father, I again implore you to come to us.—A."

Rasputin, who had created such a favourable impression upon the lady-in-waiting Vyrubova, certainly had no intention of allowing her to go to Pokrovsky and see the sordid home which Russia believed to be a wonderful "monastery," and to which Petrograd society had subscribed so freely. He therefore sent Her Majesty a message—the first response she extracted—to the effect that he was leaving for Petrograd as soon as it was possible to fulfil his Divine "call."

In the meantime I had been introduced by Boris Stürmer, whom I met almost daily, to Stolypin, a friend of Rasputin's principal disciple . . . Read More

Community Reviews

I have watched films and documentaries about Rasputin over the years and this is the first piece of literature I've read on this notorious Russian.

This is a fictional account of Rasputin's life based on facts - that is facts according to Le Queux. With this being written within a couple of years aft

This is a very interesting book. There are parts of it that feel like they have intense fictional elements about it, even though it was supposed to have been an eye-witness account of Rasputin's activities in Russia. There are also non-fiction elements about the piece as well.

I did some research ab

Fascinating! The author claimed that this was a historical account given by Rasputin's secretary, Feodor Rajevski. I suspect he is fictional, but I'm sure much of the story is true. Fact or fiction, it's a good read that takes you into the court of the ill-fated Tsar Nicholas II. It drags a little t

I am in awe

This book has taught me about this era in Russian/Germanic history that I had never known. Rasputin was by far one of the most evil men in history yet portrayed himself as a pious Saint. How blasphemous he was.