Restoration (Contemporary Fiction)
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There is a heartstopping passage in Restoration, at our hero and narrator Robert Merivel s wedding feast. He describes how, as his father-in-law plays an air of intense melancholy on his viola da gamba, he is overcome with an unhappiness so profound he has to run outside and weep. This epiphany is described to the strains of that very piece, John Dowland s Flow my Tears, one of the most powerful uses of music I have ever heard on an audio production. The period is the 1660s, and we follow the rise, fall and redemption of the troubled physician Merivel, made palpably likeable by Degas s performance. He becomes a favourite of Charles II, gains and loses wealth, works at the new Bedlam in the Fens and returns to London for the plague and the great fire, finally buttressing his sadness with a sense that he can be useful . --Karen Robinson, Sunday Times
The restoration of the English monarchy, in the person of Charles II, forms the background for Tremain's historical fiction, which follows the life of the profligate courtier Robert Merivel. Initially favoured by Charles, Merivel goes from triumph to despair as does the restored king himself. Rupert Degas captures Merivel's character perfectly his self-important foolishness during his time in the limelight and his bumbling nature during his lowest lows. When combined with Tremain's amazing eye for detail, the story shows great promise. The abridgement, however, breaks the flow to an extent that it loses much of its power. --AudioFile
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The restoration of the English monarchy, in the person of Charles II, forms the background for Tremain's historical fiction, which follows the life of the profligate courtier Robert Merivel. Initially favoured by Charles, Merivel goes from triumph to despair as does the restored king himself. Rupert Degas captures Merivel's character perfectly his self-important foolishness during his time in the limelight and his bumbling nature during his lowest lows. When combined with Tremain's amazing eye for detail, the story shows great promise. The abridgement, however, breaks the flow to an extent that it loses much of its power. --AudioFile
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.
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- PublisherNaxos AudioBooks
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 962634976X
- ISBN 13 9789626349762
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages6
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Book Description Audio Book on CD Set. Condition: New. Still in shrinkwrap. Audio book set comes sealed in original retail case with art inserts. Never used or opened. ; Contemporary Fiction; 5.59 X 4.72 X 0.94 inches. Seller Inventory # 060816-863-097
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