The Tsar's Guard: Trust and Honour

For more than two hundred years, the Tsar’s private and elite soldiers have been the core of order and stability in civilized Russia. The Imperial Life Guards were formed in 1690, and their reputation is legendary.

In southern Ukraine in the 1850s, however, the historic canvas of decay and poisonous alliances are weakening traditional monarchies and governments. Political unrest abounds, and medieval processes are giving way to contemporary acts of insurrection, greed and disloyalty.

Growing up in a small village, young Samuel Orloff is obsessed with learning everything he can about his father’s secret past, the Imperial Life Guards, and their mission. Amid a sea of chaotic change, Samuel’s father rescues Charles Kovnik, an injured Imperial Life Guard, from a creek near their home and nurses him back to life. Now mentored by Charles and bound by inseparable events beyond his control, Samuel discovers life paths are not always chosen as revelations about his family’s history become just as important as the realization for his future.

The Tsar’s Guard is the compelling story of a boy’s coming-of-age journey in mid-nineteenth-century Russia as he attempts to fulfill his dream of becoming one of the Tsar’s trusted Imperial Life Guards.

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The Tsar's Guard: Trust and Honour

For more than two hundred years, the Tsar’s private and elite soldiers have been the core of order and stability in civilized Russia. The Imperial Life Guards were formed in 1690, and their reputation is legendary.

In southern Ukraine in the 1850s, however, the historic canvas of decay and poisonous alliances are weakening traditional monarchies and governments. Political unrest abounds, and medieval processes are giving way to contemporary acts of insurrection, greed and disloyalty.

Growing up in a small village, young Samuel Orloff is obsessed with learning everything he can about his father’s secret past, the Imperial Life Guards, and their mission. Amid a sea of chaotic change, Samuel’s father rescues Charles Kovnik, an injured Imperial Life Guard, from a creek near their home and nurses him back to life. Now mentored by Charles and bound by inseparable events beyond his control, Samuel discovers life paths are not always chosen as revelations about his family’s history become just as important as the realization for his future.

The Tsar’s Guard is the compelling story of a boy’s coming-of-age journey in mid-nineteenth-century Russia as he attempts to fulfill his dream of becoming one of the Tsar’s trusted Imperial Life Guards.

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The Tsar's Guard: Trust and Honour

The Tsar's Guard: Trust and Honour

by L. L. Otto
The Tsar's Guard: Trust and Honour

The Tsar's Guard: Trust and Honour

by L. L. Otto

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For more than two hundred years, the Tsar’s private and elite soldiers have been the core of order and stability in civilized Russia. The Imperial Life Guards were formed in 1690, and their reputation is legendary.

In southern Ukraine in the 1850s, however, the historic canvas of decay and poisonous alliances are weakening traditional monarchies and governments. Political unrest abounds, and medieval processes are giving way to contemporary acts of insurrection, greed and disloyalty.

Growing up in a small village, young Samuel Orloff is obsessed with learning everything he can about his father’s secret past, the Imperial Life Guards, and their mission. Amid a sea of chaotic change, Samuel’s father rescues Charles Kovnik, an injured Imperial Life Guard, from a creek near their home and nurses him back to life. Now mentored by Charles and bound by inseparable events beyond his control, Samuel discovers life paths are not always chosen as revelations about his family’s history become just as important as the realization for his future.

The Tsar’s Guard is the compelling story of a boy’s coming-of-age journey in mid-nineteenth-century Russia as he attempts to fulfill his dream of becoming one of the Tsar’s trusted Imperial Life Guards.


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ISBN-13: 9781480806993
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Publication date: 05/29/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 464
File size: 1 MB
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