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Author:

Boyne, John, 1971-

Title:

The house of special purpose [sound recording] / by John Boyne.

Format:

[sound recording] /

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Blackstone Audio,

Copyright Date:

p2013

Description:

12 sound discs (ca. 14.2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Russians--London--London--Fiction.
Russia--Court and courtiers--Fiction.
Russia--History--1801-1917--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audio books.

Other Authors:

Rudnicki, Stefan, 1945- nrt
Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Notes:

Title from web page. Read by Stefan Rudnicki. Compact disc. Duration: 14:12:00. "Tracks Every 3 Minutes."

Summary:

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 Saint 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.

ISBN:

1470843323
9781470843328
1470843331 (library ed.)
9781470843335 (library ed.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)815304465

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)