Merivel by Rose Tremain
But Versailles all glitter in front and squalor behind leaves Merivel in despair, until a chance encounter with Madame de Flamanville, a seductive Swiss botanist, allows him to dream of an honourable future.
"Social, political and physical labyrinth" -- Frances Osborne * Evening Standard *
"Satisfying.. agreeably sardonic" -- Quentin Letts * Daily Mail *
"Robert Merivel is one of the great imaginative creations in English literature of the past 50 years" * Telegraph Magazine *
"At times witty and enchanting, on other occasions full of doubt and self-loathing, Merivel remains a stunning achievement. He is Everyman and speaks to us all" -- Virginia Blackburn * Sunday Express *
"A tour de force of literary technique, a treasure house of diligent research and imaginative ingenuity" -- Jane Shilling * Telegraph *
"Satisfying.. agreeably sardonic" -- Quentin Letts * Daily Mail *
"Robert Merivel is one of the great imaginative creations in English literature of the past 50 years" * Telegraph Magazine *
"At times witty and enchanting, on other occasions full of doubt and self-loathing, Merivel remains a stunning achievement. He is Everyman and speaks to us all" -- Virginia Blackburn * Sunday Express *
"A tour de force of literary technique, a treasure house of diligent research and imaginative ingenuity" -- Jane Shilling * Telegraph *
Rose Tremain’s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won several awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country). Her most recent novel, The Gustav Sonata, was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. It won the National Jewish Book Award in the US, the South Bank Sky Arts Award in the UK and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. www.rosetremain.co.uk
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701185206 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701185201 |
| Title | Merivel |
| Author | Rose Tremain |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize 2013 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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