One of the great imaginative creations in English literature * Daily Telegraph * agreeably sardonic - Quentin Letts * Daily Mail * Social, political and physical labyrinth - Frances Osborne * Evening Standard * Publisher: Vintage Publishing ISBN: 9780099548430 Number of pages: 352 Weight: 245 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm MEDIA REVIEWS 'Wonderfully entertaining' Michael Holroyd, Guardian Books of the Year 'Magnificent story-teller' Independent on Sunday 'This book is richly marbled with intelligence, compassion and compelling characters' The Times Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books. 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.īut 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. 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. 'One of the great imaginative creations in English literature' Daily TelegraphĪ dazzling novel of loyalty and dreams set in Restoration England.
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