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|title=Merivel: A Man of His Time

|author=Rose Tremain

|publisher=Chatto & Windus

|date=September 2012

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|summary=It has been a long wait for a follow up to "Restoration". Sir Robert Merivel remains as charismatic and lovable as ever - a Falstaff for the King Charles II era - balancing hope and sadness as the disasters keep coming. Character-driven historic fiction at its best.

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Rose Tremain has made fans of her 1989 book ''Restoration'' wait for a long time before picking up the story of Sir Robert Merivel. Almost as much time has passed in Merivel's world with the book opening in 1683. Leaving a follow up so long can be fraught with danger. For those, like me, who loved ''Restoration'' at the time, the memory of its central character has grown in fondness over time while some of the detail has been inevitably lost to memory. Thankfully, this is one of those rare things in literature; a very good follow up.