From the Orange Prize-winning author Rose Tremain comes a brilliant and picaresque novel of seventeenth-century England. In the wake of the gaudy years of the Restoration, Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, faces the agitations and anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his mind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair master? Is he the King's friend or the King's slave? In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court of Versailles, where—inevitably—misadventures ensue.
| ISBN: | 9780393348934 |
| Publication date: | 26th August 2014 |
| Author: | Rose Tremain |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
From the Orange Prize-winning author Rose Tremain comes a brilliant and picaresque novel of seventeenth-century England. In the wake of the gaudy years of the Restoration, Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, faces the agitations and anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his mind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair master? Is he the King's friend or the King's slave? In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court of Versailles, where—inevitably—misadventures ensue.
Merivel features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Merivel is available in Paperback, Hardback
Merivel was written by Rose Tremain and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Merivel has 384 pages