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Merivel a man of his time

In this sequel to Restoration, court physician Robert Merivel has a middle age crisis and sets off for Versailles where he meets Madame de Flamanville, a Swiss botanist, and rescues a captive bear to take back to Bidnold Manor.

Main Author: Tremain, Rose.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Edition: First American edition.
Subjects:
Physicians > Great Britain > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Charles II, 1660-1685 > Fiction.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715 > Fiction.
Switzerland > History > 1648-1789 > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Switzerland.
Summary: In this sequel to Restoration, court physician Robert Merivel has a middle age crisis and sets off for Versailles where he meets Madame de Flamanville, a Swiss botanist, and rescues a captive bear to take back to Bidnold Manor.
Physical Description: 373 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780393079579 (hardcover)
0393079570 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Rose Tremain was born in London, England on August 2, 1943. She has written several novels including The Way I Found Her, Merivel: A Man of His Time, and The American Lover. Restoration was adapted into a movie in 1995 and a stage production in 2009. She has won numerous awards including the James Tait Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger for Sacred Country, the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award for Music and Silence, and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008 for The Road Home. She was made a CBE in 2007.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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