Rasputin the Rascal Monk
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From a modest village in Siberia, a man with a criminal past and a talent for self-invention rises to become advisor to the Tsar and Tsarina. In his study of the infamous Rasputin, William Le Queux argues that the "mad monk" was more than meets the eye. Not content to be an egomaniac, Rasputin was a spy for the Kaiser himself.
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William Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster. Born in London to a French father and English mother, Le Queux studied art in Paris and embarked on a walking tour of Europe before finding work as a reporter for various French newspapers. Towards the end of the 1880s, he returned to London where he edited Gossip and Piccadilly before being hired as a reporter for The Globe in 1891. After several unhappy years, he left journalism to pursue his creative interests. Le Queux made a name for himself as a leading writer of popular fiction with such espionage thrillers as The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and The Invasion of 1910 (1906). In addition to his writing, Le Queux was a notable pioneer of early aviation and radio communication, interests he maintained while publishing around 150 novels over his decades long career.
