Title The house of special purpose / John Boyne

Published London : Doubleday, 2009

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MELB	820.92 B7928 A6/H		AVAILABLE

Description 428 pages ; 25 cm regular print Summary Russia 1915 - Aged 16, Georgy Jachmenov steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial family. He is proclaimed a hero and soon becomes bodyguard to Tsar Nicholas II's son. 65 years later, visiting his dying wife in hospital, memories of the life they had together flood his mind Subject Russians -- England -- London -- Fiction. SUBJECT Russia -- Court and courtiers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116739 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Domestic fiction. Reading nook. Novels. ISBN 9780385616065 hardback 0385616066 hardback 9780385616072 paperback

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