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Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
24.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
An audacious novel about destiny and desire from the incomparable Rose TremainAll must gamble with their fate. But not all can win...In the city of Bath, in the year 1865 Jane Adeane, renowned for her restorative skills, is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she ...Show more
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
37.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
She was 'The Angel of the Baths', the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. Bu ...Show more
Lily by Rose Tremain
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From fated novelist Rose Tremain a gripping Victorian melodrama about an orphan girl and a vengeful murderNobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and taken to the London Foundli ...Show more
Lily: A Tale of Revenge by Rose Tremain
35.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From fated novelist Rose Tremain a gripping Victorian melodrama about an orphan girl and a vengeful murder Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer ... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and taken to the London Found ...Show more
Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain
11.99 NZD
37.99 (68% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Get ready to laugh, prepare to weep - Robert Merivel is back in Rose Tremain's magical sequel to Restoration. Robert Merivel, courtier to Charles II is no longer a young man -- but off he goes to France in search of the Sun King and to Switzerland in pursuit of a handsome woman. Versailles -- all glitt ...Show more
Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain
26.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
From the author of The Gustav SonataThe wonderful new historical novel set in seventeenth-century England from Rose Tremain, author of Restoration (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), The Road Home (winner of the Orange Prize) and Trespass (a Richard & Judy pick). Merivel has been called 'wonderfully ...Show more
Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
26.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: good
In the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra. From the moment when he realises that the musicians perform in a freezing cellar underneath the royal apartments, Peter Claire understands that he's come to a place wher ...Show more
Restoration (Merivel #1) by Rose Tremain (Introduction by)
26.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Merivel
Robert Merivel is a dissolute young medical student when an accident of fate leads him to the attention of King Charles II. Finding favour with the King, Merivel embarks on the time of his life, enthusiastically enjoying the luxury, women and wine of the vibrant royal court, until he is called upon to s ...Show more
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
*The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller* Rose Tremain grew up in post-war London, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. The girl known then as 'Rosie' and her sister Jo spent their days longing for their grandparents' farm, buried deep in th ...Show more
Sacred Country by Rose Tremain
26.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
At the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: she isn't Mary, she's a boy. So begins Mary's heroic struggle to change gender, while around her others also strive to find a place of safety and fulfilment in a savage and confusing world.
Sadler's Birthday by Rose Tremain
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Rose Tremain's first novel from 1976. "A rather special work...a tour de force" Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times