Gregorij Efimovich Rasputin was a country man with course manners and an immoderate passion for women and wine, a charismatic personality, a mystic with healing abilities and the scapegoat for the ...

As Rasputin’s influence grew, so did public outrage. Few understood the real reason the Romanovs protected him: his apparent ability to ease the suffering of the heir, Alexei. Instead, rumors of ...

Narrative history is Antony Beevor’s great strength. Stalingrad, a landmark study of the Second World War’s bloodiest battle, revealed his talent for capturing a historical catastrophe in deeply human ...

On the first page of Rasputin Swims the Potomac, Ben Fountain’s playful but disturbing new novel, the reader encounters a strange sight, a small black rectangle where a last name should be. The ...

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