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Description edit
Restoration is a dazzling romp through 17th-century England. The main character Robert Merivel not only embodies the contradictions of his era, but ours as well. He is trapped between the longing for wealth and power and the realization that the pursuit of these trappings can leave one's life... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Pearce: A sickly, wasting man who rescues Robert on more than one occasion.
- Celia: The sometimes cruel wife of Robert and mistress of the King.
- Katharine: The short-time love of Robert, and the mother of his daughter Margaret.
- Robert: The central protagonist, Robert's personality is both despicable and infectious.
- Lady Merivel: The title of Celia.
- Ambrose: Add a description of this character.
- Finn: The painter associated with Robert at various stages of his life, with pointed delusions of grandeur.
- John: Pearce's Christian name.
- Edmund
- William Harvey
- Daniel
- Rosie Pierpoint: The long-term lover of Robert, who arises at various stages of his life when most needed. She earns her living as a prostitute and washer-woman.
- Frances Elizabeth
- Margaret Fell
- Joshua Clemence
- Eleanor
- Danseuse: Robert's horse.
- Will Gates: Robert's man-servant and life-time friend.
- George Fox
- Minette: Robert's spaniel, given to him as a gift from the King, being named after his sister.
- Whitdesea
- Degueulasse: The foppish associate of Robert.
- Bathurst
- Nell
- Violet
- Fabricius: The Italian lecturer of Robert, to whom he refers on numerous occasions.
- Amos Treefeller: A friend of Robert's parents.
- Whittlesea: The place of the 'New Bedlam' where Pearce and Robert work, and where the latter meets Katharine.
- Meg Storey
- Sackpole
- Sarah Hodge
- Herr Hummel: The music teacher of Celia and part-time tutor of Robert on his oboe.
- Sophia
- Piebald: The murderous patient of Robert in the violent wing of Whittlesea Hospital.
- Latimer
- Anthony
- Catdebury: The cook at Bidnold, and friend to Robert.
- Hannah
First Sentence edit
I am, I discover, a very untidy man.
Table of Contents edit
PART ONE
The Five Beginnings
Wedding Games
My New Vocation
An Indian Nightingale
Two Worms
The King's Drops
Water
A Gift of Instruments
The Overseer
Finn in a Periwig
The Unknown Known
A Drowning
Royal Tennis
''Not with Silver''...
PART TWO
Robert
The Scent of Flowers
Visitors to Bethlehem
A Tarantella
In God's House
John Ladle's Almost Taken From Him
Katharine Asleep
PART THREE
A Prophylactic
A Light on the River
The Haberdasher's Wife
Margaret Returned to My Mind
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rose Tremain (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0241126959
Page Count: 371
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0241126959
Page Count: 371
Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 1989, Shortlisted)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6070.R364 R47 1989
- Dewey: 823.914
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