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The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone. Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, loved for his gift to turn sorrow into laughter, now 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. 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.
But will that future ever be his? Back home at Bidnold Manor, his loyalty and medical skill are tested to their limits, while the captive bear he has brought back from France begins to cause unlooked-for havoc in his heart and on his estate.
With a cascade of lace at his neck and a laugh that can burst out of him in the midst of torment, Merivel is a uniquely brilliant creation, soulful, funny, outrageous and achingly sad. He is Everyman. His unmistakable, self-mocking voice speaks directly to us down the centuries.
In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court. 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.
But will that future ever be his? Back home at Bidnold Manor, his loyalty and medical skill are tested to their limits, while the captive bear he has brought back from France begins to cause unlooked-for havoc in his heart and on his estate.
With a cascade of lace at his neck and a laugh that can burst out of him in the midst of torment, Merivel is a uniquely brilliant creation, soulful, funny, outrageous and achingly sad. He is Everyman. His unmistakable, self-mocking voice speaks directly to us down the centuries.
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"Satisfying... agreeably sardonic" (Quentin Letts Daily Mail)
"Surely one of the most versatile novelists writing today" (Daily Express)
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"Rose Tremain writes comedy that can break your heart" (Literary Review)
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"Satisfying... agreeably sardonic" (Quentin Letts Daily Mail)
"Surely one of the most versatile novelists writing today" (Daily Express)
"Vivid, original and always engaging" (The Times)
"Rose Tremain writes comedy that can break your heart" (Literary Review)
The major new historical novel from Orange Prize-winning Rose Tremain, set in Restoration England and starring the world's favourite courtier, Robert Merivel
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- EditoreChatto & Windus
- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 070118521X
- ISBN 13 9780701185213
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine352
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. 358 pages. Corner bent. The gaudy years of the Restoration a re long gone. Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles I I, loved for his ability to turn sorrow into laughter, now faces the agitations and anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his m ind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair master? Is he the Ki ng's friend or the King's slave? In search of answers, Merivel se ts off for the French court. But Versailles - all glitter in fron t 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. But will that futur e ever be his? Back home at Bidnold Manor, his loyalty and medica l skill are tested to their limits, while the captive bear he has brought back from France begins to cause unlooked-for havoc in h is heart and on his estate. (Back cover) Sequel to: Restoration. -Robert Merivel, renowned physician and courtier to Charles II, l oved for his ability to turn sorrow into laughter, now 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 o ff for the French court. But Versailles -- all glitter in front a nd squalor behind -- leaves Merivel in despair, until a chance en counter with Madame de Flamanville, a seductive Swiss botanist, a llows him to dream of an honourable future. Codice articolo 603u
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 341 pages. The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone. Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, loved for h is gift to turn sorrow into laughter, now faces the agitations an d 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 th e King's slave?. Codice articolo 1461l
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Proof copy. proof. Get ready to laugh, prepare to weep - Robert Merivel is back in Rose Tremain's magical sequel to Restoration.Robert Merivel, courtier to Charles II is no longer a young man -- but off he goes to France in search of the Sun King and to Switzerland in pursuit of a handsome woman. Versailles -- all glitter in front and squalor behind -- is a fiasco: Merivel is forced to share an attic (and a chamber pot) with a Dutch clock-maker while attempting to sustain himself on peas and jam and water from the fountains. Switzerland, by contrast, is perhaps a little too comfortable. But the lady, a clever botanist, leads Merivel deliciously on -- until her jealous husband bursts in with duelling pistols.As he narrates the picaresque journey, Merivel gets into all sorts of scrapes; he is torn between enjoying himself and making something of his life, through medicine and the study of science. He tries to be diligent, but constantly backslides into laugher and laziness.A big-hearted rogue who loves his daughter, his country house and the English King, Merivel is Everyman - and he speaks directly to us down the centuries. Codice articolo 7853276
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