RASPUTIN: A SHORT LIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 06580014B74584
English Summary/英文概要： Told with humor, intrigue, and a shrewd eye for detail, this riveting short biography sheds much-needed light on the life of nineteenth-century Russian icon Grigory Rasputin.
Grigory Rasputin, a Siberian peasant turned mystic and court sage, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, “I don’t even know the ABC.” But, as the only person able to relieve the symptoms of hemophilia in the Tsar’s heir Alexei, he gained almost hallowed status within the Imperial court.
During the last decade of his life, Rasputin and his band of “little ladies” came to symbolize all that was decadent, corrupt, and remote about the Imperial Family, especially when it was rumored that he was not only shaping Russian policy during the First World War, but also enjoying an intimate relationship with the Empress…
Rasputin’s role in the downfall of the tsarist regime is beyond dispute. But who was he really? Prophet or rascal? A “breath of rank air...who blew away the cobwebs of the Imperial Palace,” as Beryl Bainbridge put it, or a dangerous deviant?
Writing for historical aficionados and curious readers alike, Frances Welch turns her inimitable wry gaze on one of the great mysteries of Russian history.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 充滿幽默、引人入勝的語調，銳利的細節描寫，這本令人好奇的傳記揭開十九世紀的俄羅斯經典代表人物——格里高利．拉斯普京的神秘面紗。
格里高利．拉斯普京，一個西伯利亞農夫變成充滿神祕主義的皇室聖僧，他的身世既難解神秘又充滿吸引力。他總扮演著小人物的角色，吸著自己的手指，邊強調：「我根本連ABC字母都看不懂。」但作為唯一能夠減輕沙皇皇太子亞歷克斯血友病的痛苦的人，拉斯普京在俄國皇室中獲得崇高的地位。在拉斯普京生前最後十年，他與其崇拜者逐漸成為皇室家族衰微、腐敗的象徵，傳說他不僅在一次大戰時左右俄羅斯政策，同時與皇后有著親密關係……
拉斯普京在沙皇政權滅亡所扮演的角色仍受爭議。他究竟是甚麼樣的人？預言家或者惡人? 如英國女小說家貝利爾．巴布里奇(Beryl Bainbridge)所描述，他是「階級氣氛之中的一口緩和之氣……吹破皇室那張蜘蛛網」，或者危險的怪人？
這本令人不忍釋卷的傳記小品加入新的文獻史料，包括親眼見過拉斯普京的人的訪談內容，以及未出版的回憶錄、日記和信件。為好奇的讀者與歷史愛好者所撰寫，法蘭西斯．威爾契以她獨特諷刺的觀點投射於俄羅斯歷史中最重大的秘辛。(Ramona)
Awards/获奖情况：在這本優雅、富洞察力的傳記小品，威爾契付出極大熱忱……她做了相當卓越的調查，挖掘出通常被政治描述吞沒的細節。
——星期天郵報(Mail on Sunday)
法蘭西斯．威爾契以寫小說的觀察天份結合歷史視野來描寫角色。
——倫敦標準晚報(Evening Standard)
威爾契寫作風格清澈，帶有一種酷酷的慧詰。
——星期天電訊報(Sunday Telegraph)
傑出……閱讀起來十分愉快，如果恐怖也能變得令人愉快。
——每日電訊報(The Daily Telegraph)
啟發人心，十分幽默。
——衛報(The Guardian)
不厚重、令人享受的傳記書，法蘭西斯．威爾契以常識、嘲諷的觀察及洞見，完成關於這個男人的研究。
——星期日泰唔士報(The Sunday Times)
“In this elegant and insightful short biography, Welch has enormous fun...she has done an excellent job of digging out the kind of telling detail that often gets swamped by the grand political narrative.” (Mail on Sunday)
“Frances Welch combines historical insight with a novelistic flair for character.” (Evening Standard)
“Welch writes with a limpid style and a cool intelligence.” (Sunday Telegraph)
"Extraordinary... A delight to read, if horror can be delightful." (The Daily Telegraph)
"Inspiring [and] humorous." (The Guardian)
“In this slender and enjoyable biography, Frances Welch sets about her search for the man with common sense, wry observation and insight." (The Sunday Times)
About the Author/作者介绍： 作者 法蘭西斯．威爾契 (Frances Welch)
為《靠海的俄羅斯皇宮》(The Russian Court at Sea)及《沙皇的英文教師》(Sydney Gibbes)的作者，現居英國。
Frances Welch is the author of The Russian Court at Sea (2011), Romanov Fantasy (2008), and Sydney Gibbes (2004). She lives in Suffolk, England.
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