The house of special purpose
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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 ha…
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