# Antony Beevor

An episode of [The Waterstones Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1374190347), 10 Mar 2026, 27 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/3734fbc/podcast/play/115981598/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-24%2F418738781-44100-2-ab3d41f1a9069.mp3

The legends surrounding the figure of Rasputin are so well-trodden we may think we know the story, but how did a man born as a peasant come to find himself within the Tsar’s inner circle and how instrumental was he in the downfall of the Romanov dynasty. Luckily, we have historian Antony Beevor to answer every one of these questions and more.

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