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Written during his exile following the Russian Revolution, this memoir offers one of the most important firsthand accounts of Rasputin's extraordinary influence over the Romanov court and the dramatic events that preceded the collapse of the Russian Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1573\"\u003eThis copy is particularly desirable as a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1526\"\u003esigned presentation copy\u003c\/strong\u003e, inscribed by Prince Yusupov in Paris in 1929:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1659\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1659\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1659\"\u003e\"To Mr. Aage Birger Nilsen in Remembrance, from Prince Youssoupoff. 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Yusupov's account has shaped popular understanding of Rasputin's influence at the Imperial Court and remains an essential work for collectors interested in the Russian Revolution, the Romanov dynasty, and modern European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hrykuu\" data-start=\"2309\" data-end=\"2321\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eCondition\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2323\" data-end=\"2783\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"2325\" data-end=\"2343\"\u003every good copy\u003c\/strong\u003e in the original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities, together with slight darkening at the head of the spine, consistent with careful handling over nearly a century. Endpapers lightly browned with characteristic age toning. The text remains clean and well preserved throughout. Portrait frontispiece and photographic plates in excellent condition. 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