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Author: Rose Tremain
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989. By a twist of fate an ambitious young medical student finds himself thrust into the vibrant world of luxury and opulence at the court of King Charles II. Where Robert Merivel's quick wit and charm finds him rising quickly throught the court, soon finding favour with the King, and earning him a privileged 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. Determined to be restored to the King's grace, Merivel begins a journey of self-knowledge and soon discovers that the King's pleasure is equally matched by his wrath...
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"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)
"Gripping" (Herald)
"A most beautiful and original novel" (Independent)
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"Richly evocative novel." (BBC History Magazine)
"Triumphant" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Gripping" (Herald)
"A most beautiful and original novel" (Independent)
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.
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- Publication date2009
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