The house of special purpose
By: John Boyne
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408430897
Subjects: Russians; Fiction; History; Court and courtiers; Courts and courtiers
Description: "Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed a hero. Rewarded with the position of bodyguard to Alexei Romanov, the only son of Tsar Nicholas II, the course of his life is changed for ever."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Doubleday.