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Merivel

A Man of His Time

Rose Tremain

Merivel
Merivel

Merivel

A Man of His Time

Rose Tremain

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Omschrijving

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 - leaves him in despair, until a chance encounter with the seductive Madame de Flamanville, allows him to dream of a different future.

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

This book is richly marbled with intelligence, compassion and compelling characters, leavened with flourishes of lyricism and an attractive tolerance towards human frailties

What ultimately makes the book such a joy is simply being in Merivel’s company. His narration is by turns rueful, comic, despairing and joyful; but it’s always bursting with life, always good-hearted - and always entirely loveable

A delight

At times witty and enchanting, on other occasions full of doubt and self-loathing, Merivel remains a stunning achievement. He is Everyman and speaks to us all

Exuberance is a very hard thing to sustain in a novel… However, Tremain brings it off brilliantly. As one might expect, this is a very funny novel, full of picaresque adventure, hapless accidents and ingeniously wrought slapstick. However, it is also a very moving and beautiful novel. There are passages here which I found myself reading over and over again simply in order to savour them. Merivel: A Man of His Time may have been a long time coming, but it’s been well worth the wait

Merivel is excellent company. Writing with a mimic’s ear for conversation, whimsical one moment, grave the next, Tremain has an underlying preoccupation here: the last third of live, love and loss, loneliness and vanity

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.

Specificaties

  • Uitgever
    Vintage
  • Verschenen
    jul. 2013
  • Bladzijden
    352
  • Genre
    Historische fictie
  • Afmetingen
    198 x 129 x 21 mm
  • Gewicht
    245 gram
  • EAN
    9780099548430
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Taal
    Engels

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