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Mladý loutnista Peter Claire přijíždí roku 1629 na dvůr dánského krále Kristiána IV. a stává se členem orchestru, který své umění provozuje převážně v chladném a temném sklepení. V touze po ochraně a bezpečí si ho král vybírá za svého „anděla strážného“, pročež se Peter ocitá v situacích, kdy spolu zápasí světlo a tma, dobro a zlo, ale také povinnost a milostná vášeň. V tomto lyricky laděném výpravném dramatu z dvorského prostředí nejde totiž o nic méně než o naplnění touhy a spásu vlastní duše.... celý text

From the author of The Gustav SonataThe bestselling and much-loved classic from Orange Prize-winning Rose Tremain, Restoration introduces us to the young Robert Merivel and his rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society.

Román Valentina a já z roku 1997 nás zavádí do současné Paříže, kam vypravěč románu, třináctiletý anglický hoch, přijíždí jednoho léta se svou matkou, jež zde má pracovat na překladu nového románu enigmatické, uhrančivé a velice úspěšné francouzsky píšící spisovatelky ruskéhopůvodu Valentiny Gavrilové. Valentina je namyšlená, arogantní, necitlivá, ovšem pro mladého hrdinu neodolatelně přitažlivá. Román kombinující žánry psychologického thrilleru a klasického románu.

What is the difference between friendship and love? Gustav grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo. But Gustav's father has mysteriously died, and his adored mother Emilie is strangely cold and indifferent to him. Gustav's life is a lonely one until he meets Anton. An intense lifelong friendship develops but Anton fails to understand how deeply and irrevocably his life and Gustav's are entwined until it is almost too late... 'A perfect novel about life's imperfection... Tremain is writing at the height of her inimitable powers...' Kate Kellaway, Observer 'Heartbreaking, unsentimental and beautifully written, and it reinforces my opinion that there are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain.' John Boyne, The Irish Times

Román o lidské touze zbavit se svého starého já, o potřebě vytvořit si lepší svět, o snaze nalézt smysl života a štěstí uprostřed neznámé divočiny. Joseph a Harriet Blackstoneovi opustí v polovině devatenáctého století Anglii, aby si založili farmu na Novém Zélandu. Jejich sen o budoucím úspěchu se však téměř ihned promění v neúprosný zápas o přežití v lůně nespoutané a kruté přírody. Joseph se proto rozhodne vsadit znovu vše na jedinou kartu - se svými minimálními prostředky se připojí k dobrodruhům hledajícím štěstí mezi zlatokopy.

The BP Portrait Award, now in its twenty-first year, is one of Britain's most prestigious art prizes, and is the leading showcase for artists throughout the world specialising in portraiture. Last year nearly 300,000 people visited the exhibition, which is based on the competition open to all artists aged eighteen and over from around the world. The catalogue features sixty works from an international list of artists, which together display a diverse range of styles and painterly techniques. It also includes a fascinating essay by bestselling novelist Rose Tremain and an illustrated article by the 2009 Travel Award winner Isobel Peachey. Peachey describes the journeys she undertook to Switzerland and Belgium to document historical re-enactment weekends in which participants recreated life in a medieval castle and a Napoleonic battle. Her account and the accompanying portraits capture her sitters' passionate involvement in recreating the past, and their dual identity as contemporary people re-enacting historical events.

Set in seventeenth-century England, the story follows Robert Merivel, a physician and courtier to Charles II, as he grapples with the complexities of middle age. As he questions his roles as a father, master, and friend to the King, Merivel embarks on a journey to the French court of Versailles. His quest for self-discovery leads to a series of misadventures, blending humor and introspection in a richly depicted historical context.

Court physician Robert Merivel has a middle age crisis and sets off for Versailles where he meets Madame de Flamanville, a Swiss botanist, and rescues a captive bear to take back to Bidnold Manor.

Certain that she is really a male trapped in a female's body, Mary Ward pursues this elusive identity, much to the consternation of her mother, her brother, and a neighbor's son.

Restoration is a dazzling romp through 17th-century England. The main character Robert Merivel not only embodies the contradictions of his era, but ours as well. He is trapped between the longing for wealth and power and the realization that the pursuit of these trappings can leave one's life rather empty.