Imprint: Vintage
Published: 18/07/2013
ISBN: 9780099548430
Length: 352 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm
Weight: 245g
RRP: £9.99
‘One of the great imaginative creations in English literature’ Daily Telegraph
A dazzling novel of loyalty and dreams set in Restoration England.
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.
Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books.
PRAISE FOR MERIVEL
‘This book is richly marbled with intelligence, compassion and compelling characters’ The Times
'Magnificent story-teller' Independent on Sunday
‘Wonderfully entertaining’ Michael Holroyd, Guardian Books of the Year
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 18/07/2013
ISBN: 9780099548430
Length: 352 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 129mm
Weight: 245g
RRP: £9.99
Social, political and physical labyrinth
Satisfying... agreeably sardonic
One of the great imaginative creations in English literature
An unadulterated delight
Rich and satisfying
A tour de force of literary technique, a treasure house of diligent research and imaginative ingenuity
Wonderfully entertaining
Her feeling for the spirit of the times is triumphant
A rich, glowing portrait
Her characters laugh, cry, plot and flounder so convincingly that they take up residence in your head and refuse to go away