The House of Special Purpose

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Call Number: Fiction / Boyne, John
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Boyne, John	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Doubleday"--T.p. verso.
Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past--a past of death, suffering, and scandal that will stay with him until the end of his days. Living in England with his beloved wife, Zoya, Georgy prepares to make one final journey back to the Russia he once knew and loved, the Russia that both destroyed and defined him. As Georgy remembers days gone by, we are transported to St. Petersburg, to the Winter Palace of the czar, in the early twentieth century--a time of change, threat, and bloody revolution. As Georgy overturns the most painful stone of all, we uncover the story of the house of special purpose.

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Historical Romantic submitted by Motomori on June 17, 2015, 11:41am This book helped me understand what the Russian Revolution was actually like through the eyes of a guard named Georgy Jachmenev. It is a beautiful combination of romance and history, and it helped me when we discussed other books based on this revolution like 'Animal Farm.'