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A magnificent historical novel depicting the Restoration of England under Charles II and the restoration of our delightful central character, Robert Merival. From medical student to the king’s vet, from fool to dignified man, through the court to Bedlam and on to the Plague and the Great Fire, this is history brought very much to life. She is such a lovely author, you are in for a treat and when finished, you must move on to
Music and Silence, her fine novel of the Danish court in the 17th century; it’s even better.
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Discover this bestselling classic from the author of The Gustav Sonata, charting Robert Merivel's rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society. When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as 'paper groom' to the youngest of the King's mistresses.But by falling in love with her, Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradise…
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Discover this bestselling classic from the author of The Gustav Sonata, charting Robert Merivel's rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society.
When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as 'paper groom' to the youngest of the King's mistresses.
But by falling in love with her, Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradise…
'A most beautiful and original novel' Independent
'Triumphant' Sunday Telegraph
'Dazzling' New York Review of Books
*Rose Tremain has sold over ONE MILLION books. Enter her vivid historical world*
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780099529637 |
| Publication date: |
2nd July 2009 |
| Author: |
Rose Tremain |
| Publisher: |
Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
399 pages |
| Series: |
Vintage Classics |
| Primary Genre |
Historical Fiction
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Rose Tremain Press Reviews
'Triumphant' - Ruth Rendell, Sunday Telegraph
'Gripping' - Candia McWilliam, Herald
'A most beautiful and original novel' - Kate Saunders, Independent
About Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain's bestselling novels have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger (Sacred Country). Restoration was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1989 and made into a film in 1995. The sequel, Merivel, was published to rapturous acclaim in 2012, and the Telegraph described the character of Robert Merivel as 'one of the great imaginative creations in English literature of the past fifty years'. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and was appointed Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 2013. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.
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