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Restoration: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lily
Rose Tremain
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Description for Restoration: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lily
Paperback. Robert Merivel is a dissolute young medical student when an accident of fate leads him to the attention of King Charles II. Finding favour with the King, Merivel embarks on the time of his life, enthusiastically enjoying the luxury, women and wine of the vibrant royal court, until he is called upon to serve his monarch in an unusual role. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099529637
SKU
V9780099529637
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-33
About Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain (Author, Introducer) Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in ... Read more
Reviews for Restoration: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lily
For a vivid – and funny – fictional re-creation of the era, Tremain’s Restoration is hard to beat.
The Times
Richly evocative novel.
BBC History Magazine
Triumphant
Sunday Telegraph
Gripping
Herald
A most beautiful and original novel
Independent
The Times
Richly evocative novel.
BBC History Magazine
Triumphant
Sunday Telegraph
Gripping
Herald
A most beautiful and original novel
Independent