William Le Queux

Broschiertes Buch

The Minister of Evil

The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia

Beschreibung

Originally published in 1918, journalist William Le Queux bases the book on the revelations of Feodor Rajevski - Rasputin's secretary and body servant - alleging plots of poison, murder and the real power behind the throne of Russia.

Autor

Anglo-French journalist and author William Tufnell Le Queux was born on July 2, 1864, and died on October 13, 1927. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveler (in Europe, the Balkans, and North Africa), a fan of flying (he presided over the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909), and a wireless pioneer who played music on his own station long before radio was widely available. However, he often exaggerated his own skills and accomplishments. The Great War in England in 1897 (1894), a fantasy about an invasion by France and Russia, and The Invasion of 1910 (1906), a fantasy about an invasion by Germany, are his best-known works. Le Queux was born in the city. The man who raised him was English, and his father was French. He went to school in Europe and learned art in Paris from Ignazio (or Ignace) Spiridon. As a young man, he walked across Europe and then made a living by writing for French newspapers. He moved back to London in the late 1880s and managed the magazines Gossip and Piccadilly. In 1891, he became a parliamentary reporter for The Globe. He stopped working as a reporter in 1893 to focus on writing and traveling.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of the Pacific
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781410216830
• ISBN-10: 1410216837
• Artikelnr.: 21416109