by Rose Tremain · JC Lattès · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709642637
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«Le Don du Roi» is the historical novel by Rose Tremain, published by JC Lattès in paperback (550 pages, in French).
Set in 17th-century England, it follows Robert Merivel, son of a glovemaker and medical student who enters the service of Charles II and enjoys the court. After breaking the only rule imposed, he falls into disgrace and must cross the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London of 1666 until finding redemption.
First installment of the «Restoration» series; the original English work is from 1989 and this French edition from 2013 features a translation by Gérard Clarence.
For readers of historical fiction and 17th-century British literature.
Dame Rosemary Jane Tremain is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. She as been the recipient of many prizes for her writing, including the Giles Cooper Award (1984), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992), the Whitbread Award (1999) and the Orange Prize (2008).
