<![CDATA[Rasputin's Daughter]]>

false <![CDATA[Rasputin's Daughter]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172087171m/136961.jpg 136961 7 From the author of the national bestseller The Kitchen Boy comes a gripping historical novel about imperial Russia's most notorious figure Called brilliant by USA Today, Robert Alexander's historical novel The Kitchen Boy swept readers back to the doomed world of the Romanovs. His latest masterpiece once again conjures those turbulent days in a fictional drama of extraordinary depth and suspense. In the wake of the Russian Revolution, Maria Rasputineldest of the Rasputin childrenrecounts her infamous father's final days, building a breathless narrative of intrigue, excess, and conspiracy that reveals the shocking truth of her father's end and the identity of those who arranged it. What emerges is a nail-biting, richly textured new take on one of history's most legendary episodes. 823086 26 12 2006 Rasputin's Daughter total:594|5:64|4:203|3:221|2:79|1:27| 594 1980 928 134 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 13:55:42 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 14:11:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 14:23:05 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 16:51:42 -0800 2009
Well, there was a reason it was in the discounted books bin at Borders. Stink city. The ma...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:46:05 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 09:15:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 04 21:57:12 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 21:57:43 -0700 2009 I have a problem, when I find an author I really like have to go out and buy or borrow every book they have ever written, sometimes this is good and others well not so good.

I read The Kitchen Boy earlier this summer and loved it and picked up Rasputin's Daughter on a recent trip to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 19:27:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 19:50:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 10:47:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:03:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 06 08:46:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:16:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Oct 27 20:40:56 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 20:40:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:25:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 04:31:08 -0800 2008 1
I always want to know more about the historical veracity of historical fiction, so I will add Rasputin to my "to read" list to delve more into the actual do...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 21 09:18:16 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 19:30:22 -0700 2008 www.robertalexanderbooks.com]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 05:33:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 21:24:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 21:40:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:54:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 11:47:34 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 11:49:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 04:20:32 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 19 01:09:07 -0700 2009 Bozhe moi, why can't all historical fiction be this good?! Like the first Robert Alexander novel I read, The Kitchen Boy, this one puts you right back into 1917 with rich accurate detail, layered real-life characters, a fast and constantly twisting plot, and a much more satisfying understanding of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 20:27:31 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 17:22:43 -0700 2008
I appreciated the relationship between Rasputin and his daughter, and its ups and downs. Her ex...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 02 13:35:27 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 31 07:12:23 -0700 2009
Comments:
* painted Rasputin sympathetically despite holding him to all of his faults
* great book if you are interested in Rasputin or the fall of the Romanovs or just this period of Russian history in general
* Alexander voiced a young woman's ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 21:13:02 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 10:30:15 -0800 2008
If the animated Anastasia is to believed, Rasputin was basically the devil incarnate. If Robert Alexander’s Rasputin’s Daughter is to believ...more...]]> 2 0 true true Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 30 04:30:10 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 07 06:23:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:26:22 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 08:26:22 -0800 2008 The story of Maria, Rasputin's eldest daughter, is told with such emotion and humor that you get drawn in to the time and the event...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 22:07:47 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:15:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=136961