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Restoration

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lily

Rose Tremain author Rose Tremain editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:4th Jun '15

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The bestselling and much-loved classic from Orange Prize-winning Rose Tremain, Restoration introduces us to the young Robert Merivel and his rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society.

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.

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.

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 *

ISBN: 9780099598428

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm

Weight: 302g

432 pages