Book
The house of special purpose
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385668675
- ISBN: 0385668678
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Physical Description:
428 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2010.
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| Subject: | Russians -- England -- London -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction Russia -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 5 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Prince Rupert Library.
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Summary:
"New_March_2010 SPL_AdultFiction"
"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.
"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.
