Discover this bestselling classic from the author of The Gustav Sonata, charting Robert Merivel's rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society.


When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as 'paper groom' to the youngest of the King's mistresses.

But by falling in love with her, Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradise...

'A most beautiful and original novel' Independent

'Triumphant' Sunday Telegraph

'Dazzling' New York Review of Books

*Rose Tremain has sold over ONE MILLION books. Enter her vivid historical world*

The bestselling and much-loved classic from Orange Prize-winning Rose Tremain, Restoration introduces us to the young Robert Merivel and his rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society.

About the Author
Rose Tremain (Author, Introducer)
Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Lily, a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.



Reviews
For a vivid - and funny - fictional re-creation of the era, Tremain's Restoration is hard to beat. * The Times *
Richly evocative novel. * BBC History Magazine *
Triumphant * Sunday Telegraph *
Gripping * Herald *
A most beautiful and original novel * Independent *



Book Information
ISBN 9780099529637
Author Rose Tremain
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Vintage Classics
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 287g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 25mm