Restoration - by Rose Tremain (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Restoration is a dazzling romp through 17th-century England. The main character Robert Merivel not only embodies the contradictions of his era, but ours as well. He is trapped between the longing for wealth and power and the realization that the pursuit of these trappings can leave one's life rather empty.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and wine of the vibrant Restoration age. But when he's called on to serve the king in an unusual role, he transgresses the one law that he is forbidden to break and is brutally cast out from his newfound paradise. Thus begins Merivel's journey to self-knowledge, which will take him down into the lowest depths of seventeenth-century society.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A regal work--here, brought to triumphant attainment, are those elusive ideals of the historical novelist.--Ruth Rendel "Sunday Telegraph"<br><br>Nothing less than superb.-- "New York Times"<br>
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