<p>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 <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/author/antony-beevor/26062" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Antony Beevor </a>to answer every one of these questions and more. </p>