num_pages: 320
description: 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.
language: English
title: Restoration
titlecomplete: Restoration
characters: Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland, Robert Merivel
genres: British Literature, Historical, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, 17th Century, Audiobook, Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 6040
places: Norfolk, England
series: Restoration
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Sunday Express Book of the Year
publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd