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The Minister of Evil, by William Le Queux
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Title: The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia
Author: William Le Queux
Release Date: September 22, 2007 [EBook #22720]
Language: English
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The Minister of Evil
The Secret History of RASPUTIN'S Betrayal of Russia
William Le Queux
Cassell and Company, Ltd London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
First Published August 1918. Reprinted September 1918.
Copyright, 1917, by William Le Queux, in the United States of America.
TO THE READER
AFTER the issue to the public of the curious chronicle of "Rasputin the Rascal Monk," based upon official documents, and its translation into a number of languages, I received from the same sources in Russia a bulky manuscript upon very thin paper which contained certain confessions, revelations, and allegations made by its writer, Féodor Rajevski, who acted as the mock-saint's secretary and body-servant, and who, in consequence, was for some years in a position to know the most inner secrets of Rasputin's dealings with those scoundrelly men and women who betra