Title: RASPUTIN: NEITHER DEVIL NOR SAINT
Author: Dr. Elizabeth Judas
Publisher: Wetzel Publishing Co, Inc.
City: Los Angeles, CA
Year: 1942 (First Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 283Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: Scarce first edition from 1942 of Dr. Elizabeth Judas' RASPUTIN: NEITHER DEVIL NOR SAINT. SIGNED edition, with an inscription from the author, on the front endpaper. Black-and-white photographs. Also includes an envelope from the author in her handwriting, to the Honorable (?), Chairman Board of (?) Appeals. Please see picture. The book also has EDITING marks and corrections, towards the end — so perhaps the "Honorable Chairman" was given the book by the author for editing; the copyright page has a new date pasted in as well. The inscription (written to the Chairman) is from 1953, and reads: "Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken (Pages 228-281)". It further reads: To the Honorable Thos. G. F(??) with the hope that..." (Elizabeth Judas). In very good condition: tight binding; light shelfwear to boards; text is clean and unmarked, save editing marks and corrections. Please see below for more information about this fascinating work.
Perhaps no man in history has had the fantastic lies told about him as has Father Grigory Rasputin. A healer and holy man of great repute-one who tended to the health of the wealthy classes as much as the poverty-stricken, Rasputin has emerged in history as part devil and part mesmerizer. Nothing could be further from the truth, according to Dr. Elizabeth Judas, one who knew Father Rasputin personally and the author of this important work. This book is the fulfillment of a promise made by the authoress to her beloved husband on his death bed. He too knew Rasputin and was witness to many of his feats of accurate prophecy and medical healing. Dr. Judas's husband — a member of the Czar's secret police — wanted the truth to be known about Father Rasputin and the historical record set straight about this influential religious and political figure who stood at the heart of Russian politics for a decade. Far from the "mad monk" he has been portrayed by establishment historians, Rasputin was a complex character whose true history is in desperate need of accurate revision.
