Merivel: A Man of His Time - Softcover

Tremain, Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099548437 ISBN 13: 9780099548430

Publisher: Vintage, 2013

Synopsis

From the author of The Gustav Sonata

The wonderful new historical novel set in seventeenth-century England from Rose Tremain, author of Restoration (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), The Road Home (winner of the Orange Prize) and Trespass (a Richard & Judy pick). Merivel has been called ‘wonderfully entertaining’ (Guardian Books of the Year) and ‘an unadulterated delight’ (Independent) and has been shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.

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.

Over a million Rose Tremain books sold

‘A writer of exceptional talent ... Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion’ Independent I

‘There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain’ Irish Times

‘Tremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master, and she uses it to stunning effect’ The Times

‘Rose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists’ Salman Rushdie

‘Tremain is a writer of exemplary vision and particularity. The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness’ Marcel Theroux, Guardian

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Review:

"Social, political and physical labyrinth" (Frances Osborne Evening Standard)

"Satisfying... agreeably sardonic" (Quentin Letts Daily Mail)

"One of the great imaginative creations in English literature" (Daily Telegraph)

"An unadulterated delight" (Independent)

"Rich and satisfying" (Lindsay Duguid Sunday Times)

"A tour de force of literary technique, a treasure house of diligent research and imaginative ingenuity" (Jane Shilling Telegraph)

"Wonderfully entertaining" (Michael Holroyd Guardian, Books of the Year)

"Her feeling for the spirit of the times is triumphant" (Charlotte Moore Spectator)

"A rich, glowing portrait" (Daisy Hay Observer)

"Her characters laugh, cry, plot and flounder so convincingly that they take up residence in your head and refuse to go away" (Mary Crockett Scotland on Sunday)

Book Description:

The major new novel from prize-winning bestseller Rose Tremain, set in Restoration England - shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0099548437
• ISBN 13: 9780099548430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352