The Russian monarchy  was on the brink of collapse, and to Yusupov  and his fellow aristocrats, the holy man they’d invited to dinner  was the single cause of it all.
Monarhia rusă era în pragul colapsului, iar pentru Yusupov şi colegii săi aristocraţi, omul sfânt pe care l-au invitat la cină era singurul responsabil.