Merivel by Rose Tremain
From the Orange Prize–winning author Rose Tremain comes a brilliant and picaresque novel of seventeenth-century England. In the wake of the gaudy years of the Restoration, Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, 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 of Versailles, where—inevitably—misadventures ensue.
Hilarious and poignant..Fans of Restoration will not be disappointed. -- Daily Beast
Not just pleasurable, but varied, engrossing, and at times, astonishing. -- Richard Eder - Boston Globe
One of the great imaginative creations in English literature. -- Mick Brown - The Daily Telegraph
It's an absolute pleasure to...spend time in [Merivel's] company. -- Booklist
A richly painted setting enlivened by an intriguingly empathetic portrait of Charles II and an all-too-human hero-passionate, paradoxical, self-destructive, and infinitely sympathetic. -- Library Journal
Richly marbled with intelligence, compassion and compelling characters, leavened with flourishes of lyricism and an attractive tolerance towards human frailties. -- Angus Clarke - Times (London)
Not just pleasurable, but varied, engrossing, and at times, astonishing. -- Richard Eder - Boston Globe
One of the great imaginative creations in English literature. -- Mick Brown - The Daily Telegraph
It's an absolute pleasure to...spend time in [Merivel's] company. -- Booklist
A richly painted setting enlivened by an intriguingly empathetic portrait of Charles II and an all-too-human hero-passionate, paradoxical, self-destructive, and infinitely sympathetic. -- Library Journal
Richly marbled with intelligence, compassion and compelling characters, leavened with flourishes of lyricism and an attractive tolerance towards human frailties. -- Angus Clarke - Times (London)
Rose Tremain's prize-winning books, including The Road Home, The Gustav Sonata, Merivel, and The American Lover, have been published in thirty countries. Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and member of the Royal Society of Literature, she lives in Norfolk, England with the biographer Richard Holmes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393348934 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393348938 |
| Titel | Merivel |
| Autor | Rose Tremain |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | WW Norton & Co |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2014-08-26 |
| Seitenanzahl | 384 |
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