RestorationDiscover this bestselling classic from the author of The Gustav Sonata, charting Robert Merivels rise and fall through glittering seventeenth century society. When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with

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surrounded by bumbling colleagues

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and suicide remains a sin within many religious organisations and was a crime in England until the 1960s

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