{"product_id":"2940014919302","title":"The Mad Monk of Russia, Iliodor: Life, Memoirs, and Confessions of Sergei Michailovich Trufanoff","description":"This is not a scanned copy you can find online. Painstaking effort was taken to create a well-formatted eBook specifically for the nook. Aside from a few minor spelling corrections and editing choices for the sake of consistency, the text was largely left as is. A linked TOC was created for ease of navigation.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the images from the original book, I have included annotations covering a number of terms and definitions, as well as a brief overview of various places mentioned in the eBook. Neither is meant to be an all-inclusive representation, but rather a jumping-off point for further investigation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**********\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone has heard of Rasputin, the Russian clairvoyant and mystic who was exceptionally close to the czarist Romanov family and who, undoubtedly, played an integral role in their lives prior to the revolution. Far less well-known is Iliodor, nee Sergei Michailovich Trufanoff, the monk who befriended Rasputin and who ultimately denounced him, leading to Trufanoff’s downward spiral from respected monk to penniless emigrant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his own words, Trufanoff recounts the circumstances of his life prior to and after meeting Rasputin, provides commentary on the Russian political landscape of the early twentieth century, and expounds on the intrigue that led to his emigration to the United States, for good in 1921.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch has been written about the myth of Rasputin and Iliodor’s version of events provides additional depth to the already well-known story.","brand":"K. J. Pierce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084072468720,"sku":"2940014919302","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014919302_p0.jpg?v=1763616942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014919302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}