Le Queux (William) The Minister of Evil.
£200
The secret history of Rasputin’s betrayal of Russia
London, Cassell, 1918.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
A sensational account purporting to reveal Rasputin’s role in the downfall of Imperial Russia, presented as exposé rather than fiction.
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Jacket rather worn with loss to head of spine and fore-corners.
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