Felix Yusupov - Collection in 2 volumes. Gift books bound in leather.

The end of Rasputin (memoirs)

The book includes Yusupov's memoirs about the last minutes of Rasputin, as well as memoirs written by him in exile in Paris, an interesting and sincere story about his life reflected in the mirror of the epoch - the era of the splendor and vices of noble society, the decline of the Russian autocracy, parting with the Fatherland.

In his memoirs, which for a long time were available only to a limited circle of specialists (the book was published in 1927 in Paris), he reveals the circumstances of the murder. Despite a certain bias of the author's opinions, which is explained by his views, likes and dislikes, the book is a kind of document of the era, helps to understand and link together many facts of the past.

Memoirs (1887-1953)

"Memoirs" are completely devoid of author's vanity: Prince Yusupov talks about himself and others with the simplicity and grandeur of a true aristocrat who does not need to report or justify himself. Nothing... He has a tenacious memory and a lively mind, a light syllable and a sharp look, quirks and oddities, depth and lightness, humor and charm, brilliance and poverty. And behind the self-portrait, without indulgences and complexes, history looks through and Russia appears - magnificent and vicious, insane and worthy, paradoxical and authentic...