Restoration

The bestselling classic from a 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). Journey to the glittering seventeenth-century court, and witness the rise and fall of young, charming Robert Merivel... 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 Kings mistresses. But by falling in love with her, Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradise 'For a vivid and funny fictional re-creation of the era, Tremains Restoration is hard to beat.' The Times Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books.