Restoration

<p><b>Discover this bestselling classic from the author of <i>The Gustav Sonata</i> </b><b>charting</b><b> Robert Merivel&#146;s rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society.</b><br><br><br> 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 &#145;paper groom&#146; to the youngest of the King&#146;s mistresses.<br><br>But by falling in love with her Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradise&#133;<br><br><b>&#145;A most beautiful and original novel&#146;</b> <b><i>Independent</i></b><br><b><br>&#145;Triumphant&#146; <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><b><br>&#145;Dazzling&#146; <i>New York Review of Books</i></b><br><br> *<b>Rose Tremain has sold over ONE MILLION books. Enter her vivid historical world*</b></p>