The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia

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Le Queux William. The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia

CHAPTER I. RASPUTIN MEETS THE EMPRESS

CHAPTER II. RASPUTIN ENTERS TSARSKOE-SELO

CHAPTER III. THE POTSDAM PLOT DEVELOPS

CHAPTER IV. THE MURDER OF STOLYPIN

CHAPTER V. THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE

CHAPTER VI. RASPUTIN IN BERLIN

CHAPTER VII. SCANDAL AND BLACKMAIL

CHAPTER VIII. RASPUTIN THE ACTUAL TSAR

CHAPTER IX. THE TRAGEDY OF MADAME SVETCHINE

CHAPTER X. TRAITOROUS WORK

CHAPTER XI. POISON PLOTS THAT FAILED

CHAPTER XII. RASPUTIN AND THE KAISER

CHAPTER XIII. THE "PERFUME OF DEATH"

CHAPTER XIV. MILIUKOFF'S EXPOSURE

CHAPTER XV. THE TRAITOR DENOUNCED

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The Spanish author Yriarte wrote those very true words:

For those who do not read Spanish I would translate the passage as:

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Having no knowledge of what hour the Empress intended to visit the shrine of Our Lady, I was back again at the monastery at dawn when I found the Starets had quite recovered. As soon as I told him of the presence of the Tsaritza he bustled about, and in his oldest robe, rusty, travel-worn and frayed, he accompanied me to the fine church of Bogoroditsky.

It was then only seven o'clock, and we found the church with its many candles and its much venerated shrine quite deserted save for one or two peasant women who had halted to pray on their way to work.

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