Rose Tremain - Restoration
| Conditie | redelijk [1e (blanco?) pagina is uit het boek verwijderd] |
| Aantal pagina`s | 371 |
| Uitgavejaar | niet bekend [vml. jaren '90] |
| Uitgegeven door | Penguin Books |
| Kaft | paperback |
| ISBN | 9780140128932 |
| Code [intern] | ZOL2 |
Beschrijving boek
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A Novel of Seventeenth-Century England.
Young Robert Merivel is brought into the court of Charles II, first as the King’s fool and doctor to the royal dogs, then to marry the King’s mistress. At first it seems like Paradise, but this is an Eden where the monarch makes all the rules - and when Merivel falls in love with his own wife, he must escape or be punished.
‘Restoration’ is a dazzling romp through seventeenth-century England. In Robert Merivel, Tremain has created a character that 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. Through acutely observed historical detail, humor, and poignancy, Rose Tremain has restored the historical novel to its rightful place of honor.
