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Book at Bedtime: The House of Special Purpose

Book at Bedtime: The House of Special Purpose: Episode 8

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The House of Special Purpose

Episode 8

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When the Tsar renounces the throne and is captured, Georgy finds himself a fugitive.

Past and present, tradition and revolution, all collide. Fugitive Georgy flees time and again. Read by David Warner.

David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar Nicholas and his circle. 

When the Tsar renounces the throne and is captured, Georgy finds himself a fugitive.

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John Boyne's haunting novel travels to the heart of the Russian empire

John Boyne's haunting novel travels to the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra

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