Restoration (Vintage Past)

Author: Rose Tremain

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  • : 9781784871383
  • : Penguin Random House
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  • : 31 October 2016
  • : 177mm X 111mm X 25mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 14.99
  • : 01 November 2016
  • : 01 February 2021
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Barcode 9781784871383
9781784871383

Description

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 "

Author description

Rose Tremain s bestselling novels have won many awards, including the Orange Prize" (The Road Home), " the Whitbread Novel of the Year" (Music Silence), " the James Tait Black Memorial Prize "(Sacred Country) Restoration" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and was appointed Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 2013. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. www.rosetremain.co.uk"