Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
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.
Merivel: A Man of His Time
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
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.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393079570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
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.
Restoration
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099582090
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
An ambitious young medical student abandons his studies to revel at the court of King Charles II.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099582090
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
An ambitious young medical student abandons his studies to revel at the court of King Charles II.
Music & Silence
Author: Anne Redmon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743418263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This is the story of a young English lutenist named Peter Claire who, in 1629, arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743418263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This is the story of a young English lutenist named Peter Claire who, in 1629, arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra.
Sacred Country
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671886096
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Certain that she is really a male trapped in a female body, Mary Ward pursues this elusive identity, much to the consternation of her mother, her brother, and a neighbor's son.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671886096
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Certain that she is really a male trapped in a female body, Mary Ward pursues this elusive identity, much to the consternation of her mother, her brother, and a neighbor's son.
The Colour
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312423100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An epic of life in New Zealand during the nineteenth century explores the relationship between two newlyweds as they encounter the harsh realities of their chosen home in the South Pacific.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312423100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An epic of life in New Zealand during the nineteenth century explores the relationship between two newlyweds as they encounter the harsh realities of their chosen home in the South Pacific.
The Gustav Sonata: A Novel
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393246701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction A poignant tale about the enduring friendship between two men under the shadow of the Second World War. Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives alone with Emilie, the mother he adores but who treats him with bitter severity. He begins an intense friendship with a Jewish boy his age, talented and mercurial Anton Zweibel, a budding concert pianist. The novel follows Gustav’s family, tracing the roots of his mother’s anti-Semitism and its impact on her son and his beloved friend. Moving backward to the war years and the painful repercussions of an act of conscience, and forward through the lives and careers of the two men, one who becomes a hotel owner, the other a concert pianist, The Gustav Sonata explores the passionate love of childhood friendship as it is lost, transformed, and regained over a lifetime. It is a powerful and deeply moving addition to the beloved oeuvre of one of our greatest contemporary novelists.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393246701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction A poignant tale about the enduring friendship between two men under the shadow of the Second World War. Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives alone with Emilie, the mother he adores but who treats him with bitter severity. He begins an intense friendship with a Jewish boy his age, talented and mercurial Anton Zweibel, a budding concert pianist. The novel follows Gustav’s family, tracing the roots of his mother’s anti-Semitism and its impact on her son and his beloved friend. Moving backward to the war years and the painful repercussions of an act of conscience, and forward through the lives and careers of the two men, one who becomes a hotel owner, the other a concert pianist, The Gustav Sonata explores the passionate love of childhood friendship as it is lost, transformed, and regained over a lifetime. It is a powerful and deeply moving addition to the beloved oeuvre of one of our greatest contemporary novelists.
Granta 120
Author: John Freeman
Publisher: Granta
ISBN: 1905881622
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
From the chalky horse-pills of faceless pharmaceutical conglomerates to the hot toddy that was Grandmother's remedy for bruised knees, broken hearts and everything besides, here are stories about the ways we face our ailments and the ways we seek to cure ourselves. Rose Tremain contributes an extract from Merivel, a follow-up to her award-winning Restoration; Alice Munro writes a haunting, beautiful memoir about a strange phase in her childhood; Gish Jen tells a story about two brothers who are fixing up a house . . . but can't quite fix up the ageing parents who will live in it. The issue includes new poetry by Ben Lerner, Angela Carter, James Lasdun and Kay Ryan as well as non-fiction pieces by Terrence Holt and a highly regarded writer who breaks her silence about living with MS.
Publisher: Granta
ISBN: 1905881622
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
From the chalky horse-pills of faceless pharmaceutical conglomerates to the hot toddy that was Grandmother's remedy for bruised knees, broken hearts and everything besides, here are stories about the ways we face our ailments and the ways we seek to cure ourselves. Rose Tremain contributes an extract from Merivel, a follow-up to her award-winning Restoration; Alice Munro writes a haunting, beautiful memoir about a strange phase in her childhood; Gish Jen tells a story about two brothers who are fixing up a house . . . but can't quite fix up the ageing parents who will live in it. The issue includes new poetry by Ben Lerner, Angela Carter, James Lasdun and Kay Ryan as well as non-fiction pieces by Terrence Holt and a highly regarded writer who breaks her silence about living with MS.
The Way I Found Her
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671035703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A spellbinding and bittersweet novel of a 13-year-old boy who gets caught up in an unusual and perilous romance and must confront adult truths before he is ready.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671035703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A spellbinding and bittersweet novel of a 13-year-old boy who gets caught up in an unusual and perilous romance and must confront adult truths before he is ready.
The Medieval Foundations of International Law
Author: Dante Fedele
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004447121
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Dante Fedele’s new work of reference reveals the medieval foundations of international law through a comprehensive study of a key figure of late medieval legal scholarship: Baldus de Ubaldis (1327-1400).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004447121
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Dante Fedele’s new work of reference reveals the medieval foundations of international law through a comprehensive study of a key figure of late medieval legal scholarship: Baldus de Ubaldis (1327-1400).
Islands of Mercy
Author: Rose Tremain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781444845853
Category : Aristocracy (Social class)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Bath, 1865: A young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she is torn between a dangerous affair with a female lover and the promise of a conventional marriage to an apparently respectable doctor, her desires begin to lead her towards a future she had never imagined. Meanwhile, on the wild island of Borneo, an eccentric British 'rajah', Sir Ralph Savage, overflowing with philanthropy but compromised by his passions, sees his schemes relentlessly undermined. Jane's quest for an altered life and Sir Ralph's endeavours become locked together as the story journeys across the globe - from the confines of an English tearoom to the rainforests of a tropical island, via the slums of Dublin and the transgressive fancy-dress boutiques of Paris.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781444845853
Category : Aristocracy (Social class)
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Bath, 1865: A young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she is torn between a dangerous affair with a female lover and the promise of a conventional marriage to an apparently respectable doctor, her desires begin to lead her towards a future she had never imagined. Meanwhile, on the wild island of Borneo, an eccentric British 'rajah', Sir Ralph Savage, overflowing with philanthropy but compromised by his passions, sees his schemes relentlessly undermined. Jane's quest for an altered life and Sir Ralph's endeavours become locked together as the story journeys across the globe - from the confines of an English tearoom to the rainforests of a tropical island, via the slums of Dublin and the transgressive fancy-dress boutiques of Paris.