Restoration

a novel of seventeenth-century England

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371 pages

English language

Published June 6, 1994 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-024488-5
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Restoration is a novel by Rose Tremain, published in 1989. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 and was the Sunday Express Book of the Year. It was made into a film in 1995. The novel is set in the reign of Charles II of England (reigned 1660–1685), and depicts a medical student who gains the king's favour by apparently curing a pet dog owned by the king. Tremain later wrote a sequel called Merivel: A Man of His Time, published in 2012.

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4 stars

A lovely novel, there's really nothing negative I can think to say about it. It only missed out on a full five star rating because I didn't find it a transcendent life experience or something with a massive amount of staying power (for me, personally, at least; I know the book is nothing new and stays beloved in the minds of many). I personally found it very touching and heart-warming, and am glad I read it, but if not for its fame I'm not sure I'd remember it. Then again, if not for its fame, I wouldn't have read it in the first place.

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Subjects

  • Companionate marriage -- Fiction.
  • Kings and rulers -- Mistresses -- Fiction.
  • Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction.