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Lost Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin

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Lost Splendor is a wonderful firsthand account of Russia during the Romanoff dynasty. Prince Felix Youssoupoff was a member of one of Russia's richest families and tells a compelling story of what imperial Russia was like before the revolution. He goes into detail about the killing of Rasputin which he had a hand in. A wonderful book that is a page turner from start to finish.

he is a prince and educated in very "unique" manner,a very free minded prince.
he sees things in a very artistic way.
He is very proud of his family tree.
He loves his country, and very loyal to his emperior.
There is no boundaries,constrains,or limit in his mind, you can't say he is a pure prince as he understands well about ordinary people, you can't say he is "male" as he sometimes seeing things in very "feminim"way.
Yet, the whole book is very honest, as he does not need to hide some inconvinent truth from the reader.
A very brave prince, yet could think objectly.
Wonderful personality!

Enjoyable book, but slanted to make the author look as if he never did anything really wrong. He apparently did the Romanov family a great service, even though they didn't believe it in time to change their actions. It would have been an interesting postscript to explain how he and his wealth escaped and how his family lived afterward.

This is a quick read. It is not the best written book about the elite of pre-revolution Russia but it paints an interesting picture of that time. The first hand account of Rasputin and his murder was most fascinating. This is just one of many books I'll read to prepare for a trip to Russia.

I read this book, here in Brazil.The author(a gay) was a noble and rich man, in tzarist Russia.This memories are about the time when he was in Russia.Don't wait to read about the life of the author, in exile.
Chapter after chapter, you can read, about the life of a noble, rich (and gay) man in Russia before the communism.There's even an entire chapter, about the death of Rasputin.In fact, the author killed Rasputin.
Last chapters are about the life, in after-revolution Russia.Including about the author's scape.Don't wait nothing gay-rights, even being the author a gay.The author blames the jews of Russia, for many bad things.
This book is about a time gone with the wind.