House of Special Purpose

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John Boyne: House of Special Purpose (1998, Penguin Random House)

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Published 1998 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-4090-8200-2
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The stunning new novel from the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.Russia, 1915: At the age of 16, Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for the heart of a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family. He is instantly proclaimed a hero. Before the week is out, his life as the son of a peasant farmer is changed forever when he is escorted to St Petersburg to take up his new position - as bodyguard to Alexei Romanov, the only son of Tsar Nicholas II.Sixty five years later, visiting his wife Zoya as she lies dying in a London hospital, memories of the life they have lived together flood his mind. Their marriage, while tender, has been marked by tragedy, the loss of loved ones, and experiences of exile that neither can forget.THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSEis a novel about a young man ripped …

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Subjects

  • Fiction, historical, general
  • Russia (federation), fiction
  • London (england), fiction