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Description for Merivel
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone. Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, loved for his gift to turn sorrow into laughter, now faces the agitations and anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his mind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair master? Is he the King’s friend or the King’s slave? In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court. But Versailles – all glitter in front and squalor behind – leaves Merivel in despair, until a chance encounter with Madame de Flamanville, a seductive Swiss botanist, ... Read more
The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone. Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, loved for his gift to turn sorrow into laughter, now faces the agitations and anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his mind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair master? Is he the King’s friend or the King’s slave? In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court. But Versailles – all glitter in front and squalor behind – leaves Merivel in despair, until a chance encounter with Madame de Flamanville, a seductive Swiss botanist, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780701185213
SKU
KAC0001287
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Ref
99-1
About Rose Tremain
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Merivel
"Social, political and physical labyrinth"
Frances Osborne
Evening Standard
"Satisfying... agreeably sardonic"
Quentin Letts
Daily Mail
"Surely one of the most versatile novelists writing today"
Daily Express
"Vivid, original and always engaging"
The Times
"Rose Tremain writes comedy that can break your heart"
Literary Review
Frances Osborne
Evening Standard
"Satisfying... agreeably sardonic"
Quentin Letts
Daily Mail
"Surely one of the most versatile novelists writing today"
Daily Express
"Vivid, original and always engaging"
The Times
"Rose Tremain writes comedy that can break your heart"
Literary Review