The books eponymous narrator, robert merivel, physician to charles ii, is coming towards the end of his life, as are the books other two. Writing with a mimics ear for conversation, whimsical one moment, grave the next, tremain has an underlying preoccupation here. When rose tremain completed breakthrough novel restoration, it must have been difficult to say goodbye to her wonderful narrator, robert. To rose tremain fans and those having read restoration. A man of his time may have been a long time coming, but its been well worth the wait john preston mail on sunday merivel is excellent company.
A man of his time, by rose tremain the independent. Rose tremain s prizewinning books, including the road home, the gustav sonata, merivel, and the american lover, have been published in thirty countries. Rose tremains novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries. Robert downey jr right as merivel, with hugh grant, in restoration 1995. It was shortlisted for the booker prize in 1989 and was the sunday express book of the year. Does rose tremains sequel to restoration live up to its predecessor. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Merivels attempt to present a portrait of himself with complete frankness, an endeavour so very of its. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading merivel. Restoration is a novel by rose tremain, published in 1989.
Lucy daniel welcomes the long overdue return of rose tremains lovable 17thcentury rogue robert merivel, a man forever looking into darkness, in merivel. A man of his time but a time that i am myself happy not to have lived in. Merivel instantly sparkles with the feel and imagery of restoration and once again brings the imperfect but lovable robert merivel to life. Merivel has been called wonderfully entertaining guardian books of the year and an unadulterated delight independent. Writing a sequel to a novel as loved as rose tremains restoration is a precarious endeavour. Merivel is back with all of his flaws, hilarity, and weaknesses aplomb in merivel. A man of his time and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. The first book about robert merivel, restoration, is one of 15 books which have. It was difficult not to like merivel despite all his flaws and by the end of the book with its unexpected twist you are behind him all the way. Rose tremain writes as though she personally had lived through those dark days. At the start of rose tremains 12th novel sir robert merivel, now in 1683 a settled if rather melancholy norfolk gentleman, rescues a tattered. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. From the orange prizewinning author rose tremain comes a brilliant and pi. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free.