Restoration
Restoration
paperback
Published:
4 June, 2015
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Description
The bestselling classic from a 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). Journey to the glittering seventeenth-century court, and witness the rise and fall of young, charming Robert Merivel...
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…
'For a vivid – and funny – fictional re-creation of the era, Tremain’s Restoration is hard to beat.' The Times
Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099598428 |
| ISBN10 | 0099598426 |
| Number Of Pages | 432 |
| Item Weight | 302 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 31 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
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 *
To be moved and impressed by a novel and yet so entertained, is rare -- Fay Weldon
A dazzling triumph… It is nothing less than superb * New York Times Book Review *
A most beautiful and original novel * Independent *
Gripping * Herald *
Witty, exciting and evocative. Restoration is a wonderful book -- Simon Williams * The Week *
Headstrong, ambitious and lustful...Tremain reinvents the historical novel with flamboyant wit and vivid energy -- John Walsh * Reader's Digest *
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Author's Bio
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 France’s Prix Femina (Sacred Country), and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Absolutely and Forever (2023), which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. 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 France’s Prix Femina (Sacred Country), and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Absolutely and Forever (2023), which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.