Overview

"At last a book about the so-called ""Mad Monk"" of Imperial Russia that lays to rest the myths and reveals the truth about one of the most controversial characters in human history while exploring the impact his murder had on a dynasty, a people, and a country. Written in three parts, KILLING RASPUTIN begins with a biography that describes how a simple unkempt ""holy man"" from the wilds of Siberia became a friend of Emperor Nicholas II and his empress, Alexandra, at the most crucial moment in Russian history. Part Two examines the infamous murder of Rasputin through the lens of a ""cold case"" homicide investigation. And lastly, the book considers the connection between a cold-blooded assassination and the revolution that followed; a revolution that led to civil war and the rise of the Soviet Union. Unique about this book on Rasputin, is that the author combines Russian heritage (her parents were forced out of Russia during World War II and arrived as refugees in Australia in 1948) with medical science and legal training. Nelipa relied on Russian-language sources that she translated rather than depend on the interpretations of others. Her primary sources include police documents and witness testimonies, an autopsy report, diaries, letters and memoirs written in their native language by the participants in these historic events. Secondary sources include Russian-languages newspapers and other publications from that era. The narrative is copiously referenced and augmented with photographs (including graphic forensic photographs) and other documents, some of them published here for the first time. Step into the imperial court of a 300-year-old dynasty in its final days with one of the most fascinating characters ever to grab our imaginations, judge whether Margarita Nelipa makes her case regarding his death, and if you agree that it was ""the murder that ended the Russian empire."""

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"""You can almost hear the whispering conspiracies and intrigues in the court of Nicholas and Alexandra. ... A dramatic history with a touch of true crime.""--Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of NO STONE UNTURNED"

You can almost hear the whispering conspiracies and intrigues in the court of Nicholas and Alexandra. ... A dramatic history with a touch of true crime. --Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of NO STONE UNTURNED

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Margarita Nelipa is of Russian heritage and is the daughter of war refugees who arrived in Australia in 1948. A former medical scientist with a post-graduate qualification in Legal Studies, she turned her interests to fulltime research and writing about medical, legal and historical issues related to the last decades of the Russian Imperial era. Fluent in the Russian language, Margarita has written three books and ten articles for periodicals that included Royal Russia, Sovereign and Eurohistory. She co-maintains several web pages that include Faces of Russia: Past and Present, Tsarskoe Selo and Pavlovsk: Past and Present, Alexander Pushkin: Life and Literature as well managing pages related to her earlier books Alexander III: His Life and Reign and Killing Rasputin: The Murder That Ended The Russian Empire.Margarita is a member of the Board of the American based S.E.A.R.C.H. Foundation (whose President and Founder assisted in finding the remains of the Imperial Family in Ekaterinburg and is now searching for the remains of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich in Perm). She lives in Canberra, Australia with her husband and two dogs, Misha and Sasha.

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