Cast of characters -- The outsider -- Seeker and teacher -- Nicholas and Alexandra: Waiting for a freind -- The New Rasputin -- The church strikes back -- The Romanovs' Holy Fool -- The Captain's mysterious report -- Black boars become bishops -- "You are our all" -- "God has heard your prayers!" -- Spiritual crisis -- "The woman with the missing nose" -- Disaster lurks in Moscow -- The Tsar takes charge and loses control -- Rasputin conquers the Russian State -- The church at the feet of a "Low Hound" -- "Our friend's ideas about men are sometimes queer -- Shadows come at twilight -- The assassin -- Murder at the palace -- The aftermath -- Who really killed Rasputin? -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-270) and index.