First published 2007
Maria Rasputin sits in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, determined to set the record straight about her father's death. As the eldest daughter of Russia's most notorious mystic, she witnessed the excess and conspiracy that surrounded Grigory Rasputin in his final days at the imperial court. Maria reconstructs the web of intrigue that led to her father's assassination, naming the conspirators who plotted against him. She reveals how political enemies used Rasputin's influence over the Romanov family to justify their actions. Through her account, the true circumstances of the murder emerge, along with the identities of those who orchestrated it. Maria's narrative exposes the brutal calculations behind her father's death and the forces that sealed the fate of imperial Russia. Her testimony becomes both a daughter's defense of her father and a witness account of an empire's collapse.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, russian-literature, russian-revolution
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator, witness-account
Setting: Russia, Imperial Court
Period: Russian Revolution
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