Publikace: THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE - BOYNE, J.. 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. Privy to the secrets of Nicholas and Alexandra, the machinations of Rasputin and the events which will lead to the final collapse of the autocracy, Georgy is both a witness and participant in a drama that will echo down the century. Sixty-five years later, visiting his wife Zoya as she lies in a London hospital, memories of the life they have lived together flood his mind. And with them, the consequences of the brutal fate of the Romanovs which has hung like a shroud over every aspect of their marriage... Publikace: THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE - BOYNE, J.. Im Jahre 1915 rettet der sechzehnjährige Georgy ein führendes Mitglied der Zarenfamilie vor dem Tod. Dies ist der Beginn eines Lebens im Dienst des zusammenbrechenden Reiches. Viele Jahre später rekapituliert Georgy am Sterbebett seiner Frau Zoya dieses Leben - vom revolutionären St. Petersburg über Paris nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg, von London während des Blitzkrieges über das Finnland der Achtziger - bis an dieses Krankenhausbett in London. Liebesgeschichte, historischer Epos und Tragödie. Transworld Publishers Ltd: "Boyne is a skilled storyteller...his novel is an exciting, fast-paced story that compels the...