by Rose Tremain · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877061766
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«Le don du roi» is the historical novel by Rose Tremain, published by Éditions de Fallois in paperback (376 pages, in French).
Set in the England of Charles II, it tells the story of Merivel, a medical student who becomes the king's fool. Married by royal decree to one of the monarch's mistresses, he falls in love with her and is banished. He endures the plague and the Great Fire of London of 1666 on a journey that culminates in his personal restoration.
First installment of the «Restoration» series; published in English in 1989, it won the Sunday Express Book of the Year and was a finalist for the Booker Prize; adapted into a movie with Robert Downey and Hugh Grant.
The novel is suitable for readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, with a protagonist reminiscent of Falstaff and Don Quixote.
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).
