Brian Moynahan had done what few other historic writers have been able to do: bring history to life. Rasputin's legend is rooted in tales of debauchery and sorcery and yet, as Moynahan offers, there are always two sides to a person's life and to their story. Rasputin: The Saint Who Sinned is that other side.
Moynahan does not gloss over the fact that Rasputin was everything people said that he was. He seems to have indulged in nearly every sort of self-gratification that Russia had to offer. However, the accusations and crimes which over the years have added to the legend of his evil, are…
