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The house of special purpose

Boyne, John. (Author).

Summary: "A novel about a young man ripped from an impoverished home and thrust into the heart of a dying empire. Privy to the secrets of Nicholas and Alexandra, the machinations of Rasputin and the events leading to the final collapse of the autocracy, Georgy is a witness and participant in a drama that will echo down the century. His is also the story of a marriage in which a husband finds it impossible to live in the present and a wife is unable to reconcile herself with the past." - publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780385668675
  • ISBN: 0385668678
  • Physical Description: 428 p. ; 25 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2010.

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Subject: Russians -- England -- London -- Fiction
Married people -- Fiction
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Genre: Historical fiction.

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590 . ‡aFP 5,000 (CAN.) Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past. Now living in England with his beloved wife Zoya, he prepares to make one final journey back to the Russia he once knew and loved, the Russia that both destroyed and defined him. Readers are transported to St. Petersburg in the early 20th-century, to the Winter Palace of the Tsar. Boyne is the master of blending major historical events with little bit of love and just the right amount of tension. Author tour: Toronto.
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