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Merivel: A Man of His Time

3.98 (2,165 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Rose Tremain

One of the great imaginative creations in English literature Daily Telegraph

A dazzling novel of loyalty and dreams set in Restoration England.


The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone and Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to King Charles II, sets off for the French court in search of a fresh start. But royal life at the Palace of Versailles all glitter in front and squalor behind leaves him in despair, until a chance encounter with the seductive Madame de Flamanville, allows him to dream of a different future.

But will that future ever be his? Summoned home urgently to attend to the ailing King, Merivel finds his loyalty and skill tested to their limits.

Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books.

PRAISE FOR MERIVEL
This book is richly marbled with intelligence, compassion and compelling characters The Times
'Magnificent story-teller' Independent on Sunday
Wonderfully entertaining Michael Holroyd, Guardian Books of the Year

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Product Details
  • Weight: 245g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 18 Jul 2013
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780099548430

About Rose Tremain

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 France (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Lily a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer Richard Holmes.

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