![]() ![]() ![]() But he also experiences times of personal loss and extreme sadness. As he travels among France, Switzerland, London and Bidnold, Merivel does, indeed, find adventure, excitement and moments of unadulterated happiness. ![]() Recognizing her father’s depression, Margaret urges him to put some spice back in his life while she vacations in Cornwall with their neighbors, and Merivel decides to make good on her suggestion. Merivel’s youth is now behind him, and though he’s had a colorful existence to date, he fears that his life has served no lasting purpose. ![]() His daughter Margaret is becoming more independent with each day, and he’s wallowing in self-pity and loneliness. Suffering from crying jags and melancholy, the troubled doctor is in somewhat of a rut. It’s November, 1683, a mere 15 years after Robert Merivel’s return to his estate in Bidnold, and manservant Will Gates, now 74 to his master’s 57, is still alive, and though not exactly kicking, he’s tottering around and comically caring for his employer. Tremain ( Trespass, 2010, etc.) pens a follow-up to her novel Restoration, first published in 1989, about a 17th-century English physician with a self-deprecating wit. ![]()
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