Other Press, 2013. Trade paperback. Fine. Other Press, c2013. remainder dot lower edge of textblock, else fine unread trade paperback, uncreased spine.

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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 from a loving 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 which led to the final collapse of the autocracy, Georgy is a witness and participant in a drama which will echo down the century. His is also a story of a marriage in which a husband finds it impossible to live in the present and a wife unable to reconcile herself with the past.Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, the novel moves from revolutionary St Petersburg to Paris after the First World War, and from London during the Blitz to the eastern coast of Finland during the 1980s, before returning to a quiet hospital bed where Georgy and Zoya's story must finally be resolved.

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Bookseller: Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 104814
Title: THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
Author: Boyne, John
Format/Binding: Trade paperback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1590515986
ISBN 13: 9781590515983
Publisher: Other Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2013

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