Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs

ANTONY BEEVOR is the author of thirteen works of nonfiction, including Crete, which was awarded a Runciman Prize; Stalingrad, which won the first Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; and D-Day, which received the Prix Henry Malherbe in France and the Westminster Medal. His most recent work is Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921. Educated at Sandhurst, Beevor served as regular officer with the 11th Hussars, leaving the Army after five years to write. He was knighted in 2017.