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Rose Tremain - Restoration (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Shortlisted for The Booker Prize in 1989 and was the Sunday Express Book of the Year. It was made into a film in 1995.
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.
Determined to be restored to the King's grace, Merivel begins a journey of self-knowledge and soon discovers that the King's pleasure is equally matched by his wrath.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Fiction - Historical Fiction
- Published : 1989 (This Edition 2009 - Vintage)
- ISBN : 9780099531951
- SKU : B003371
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"A most beautiful & original novel" - Independent.
"For a vivid - and funny - fictional re-creation of the era, Tremain’s Restoration is hard to beat." - Robbie Millen, The Times.
"Richly evocative novel." - BBC History Magazine.
"Triumphant" - Sunday Telegraph.
"Gripping" - Herald.
The Author
Rose Tremain’s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won several 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) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country). Her most recent novel, The Gustav Sonata, was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. It won the National Jewish Book Award in the US, the South Bank Sky Arts Award in the UK and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. Visit www.rosetremain.co.uk