Fülöp Miller Rene -The Holy Demon. Rasputin and women [Katowice 1932][publisher's cover].

Katowice 1932/ Printed and owned by Polski Instytut Wydawniczy Sp. z. o.o. /17x26 cm/ pp. 379/ black and white photographs on separate pages/ hardcover publisher, cloth with ornamentation, top trim stained. / good condition, slight damage to binding, boards reinforced with bookbinding tape, small loss (bottom right corner) of illustration pasted on front cover, no illustration on frontispiece, slight soiling of single pages

Rich illustrative material

On the face of the binding a satirical caricature depicting Rasputin embracing Nicholas II with his wife and a cluster of concubines at his feet.

The book is an interpretation of the monk's fate and the role he played in the last years of the Romanov dynasty, and includes a faithful description of the court of declining Czarist Russia. In the text, the author used a wide list of sources and literature including official documents, police files, diaries, letters and witness testimonies, among others.