matches his lust for knowledge only with his passion for gorgeous women and a fashion sense and luxury. When guests asked what that was, Ripley would explain, Lets just say it was very dear to the whale. In one rock-walled, grotto-like room, which was off-limits to female visitors, Ripley kept his collection of erotica. got the weight of the past upon them. . Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 21:15, Restoration (disambiguation) Literature, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Restoration_(Tremain_novel)&oldid=1142161118, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 21:15. . whose misfortune leads him back to his true calling. Merivel`s social progression was born of a combination of luck, the King`s pity and his personality.He was appointed as court physician following the King sending for him, `Out of my affection and admiration for your late father I have summoned you Merivel, ` and after he had completed the King`s task through a combination of basic medical knowledge and luck. If someone was murdered at midnight, said the cutline, and everyone who was told about it told two other people within twelve minutes, everyone on earth would know about it by morning., Everything had a Believe It or Not anglescience, religion, literature. The trap is set, and what rises must fall, and throughout this novel we follow Merivel's progress from King's physician to wannabe artist and musician, to his time spent in the New Bedlam hospital, in Norfolk, where he tries to cure the insane once he has fallen from grace, a place from which he manages to fall from grace even further. Restoration study guide contains a biography of Rose Tremain, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. By 1936, a newspaper poll found, Ripley was more popular than James Cagney, President Roosevelt, Jack Dempsey, and even Lindbergh. What was the longest curse word? been distracted and have been Pearce condemns the sinfulness of Merivel's lifestyle, but Merivel is unaffected by his comments. The King then arranges a marriage of convenience between Merivel and one of his mistresses, Celia Clemence. Inventing Ivana Trump: Her Improbable Rise and Tragic Death. Rube Goldberg praised the books striking innovationyou have no peer, he told Ripleyand Winchell devoted a full column in the Evening Graphic to Ripleys most interesting and most fascinating book . Comparisons between historical fiction and historical work of fact have become much more frequent since Scotts day, but the basis of the argument often seems the same. Book description Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel is an unforgettable herosoulful, funny, outrageous and achingly sad. He informs Merivel that he has discovered the doctor's true identity, and that he was impressed with the man Merivel had become. in a wig and beauty spots). The king's mistress, Celia is briefly exiled to Merivel's This is one of my favourite books of all time. The title of the novel refers both to the Restoration period during which it occurs and to the novel's ending when Merivel returns to Bidnold and the king's favour. In Norfolk, Merivel abandons the practice of medicine and lives a life of luxury in which he tries to take up painting with the help of an ambitious painter named Elias Finn, and indulges in failed attempts to learn the oboe. He is unable to find her, and falling through burning wood, Merivel lands in a small row boat, unconscious, and is floated by the river current away from the city. As Merivel recovers from his fall, he cannot recover from his failure to protect his young daughter from harm, when suddenly the King arrives at the house with his entourage. Clearly the suggestion of the very idea of the Restoration as aspirational is crucial to the novel. Screenwriter Walters and director Hoffman superbly replay the mood of Tremain's lively, Thus begins Merivels journey to self-knowledge, which will take him down into the lowest depths of seventeenth-century society. . 2003 More ways to shop: Find an Apple Store or other retailer . Merivel abandons his profession to follow a life of "paper" marriage to Lady Celia. In these stories, he is the court magician and mentor of the ruler of Camelot. When he renewed his contract with King Features, it was worth $7,000 a week. Elias Finn, a painter commissioned by the King to paint a portrait of Celia, tricks Merivel into revealing his romantic feelings for Celia, who does not return Merivel's affections. Merivel, physician to the pampered royal spaniels, 2011 The Cave. This is the story of a seventeenth century physician, As early as 1999, Tremain foresaw that she would eventually prolong Merivel's adventures: I feel that this is a story which may be seen to have four lives. Shelves were cluttered with an assortment of souvenirs, including sheeps bells and bull whips; a collection of rare goblets, steins, and tankards; a narwhal tusk; and the dried penis of a whale. When someone asks for Merivel's name, he says he is John Pearce, as a tribute to his friend. Merivel comes to be married to the king's mistress, but the hitch is that he may not bed her! Be prepared to be entertained. Back home at Bidnold Manor, his loyalty and medical skills are tested to their limits, while the captive bear he has brought back from France begins to cause havoc in his heart and on his estate. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. With that, the King steps aside to reveal a nurse holding Margaret safely in her arms. people he loves to medical complications that are beyond Tremains book is written in first-person, which doesnt usually work for me, but I really enjoyed this. This is a hospital for the mentally ill, run by Quakers, of whom Pearce is a member. In 1909 I began my career as an illustrator, Ripley said. Restoration is rated R for nudity, sexuality and bawdiness. In just two years at the Post, Ripley was becoming a celebrity. If Merivel saves his ailing dog, He's too good natured to indulge in the nastier ones, and he's usually drunk. Norfolk is distant from the kings residence in London. With oak floors and dark-wood paneling, the mansions shadowy and spooky interior resembled an elegant lodge. The constant parties on BION Island also took a toll. (Ripley would create more Odditoriums, including a Times Square flagship, precursors to the scores of Believe It or Not museums now operating around the world.) He was too much of a caricature to be sympathetic or even amusing. Sometimes In many ways seventeenth century England was very I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this story!!! Is he the King's friend or the King's slave? Irish madwoman (Meg Ryan). Ripleys staff now included a secretary and two assistants to read letters and check facts. This is the third Tremain I've read (The Road Home, Trespass) and each is completely different but the one constant is really good, felicitous writing -- the kind that makes you look forward to getting back to your book, and staying up too late to read a few more pages. Merivel is asked by his father to visit the King with the aim of continuing their family's connection with the royal family, but Merivel embarrasses both of them with his nervousness. Fuck Biden, Dont Tread on Me, and a Wisconsin Death Trip for Our Times. chaptersand yes, it's as creaky as old bones. With Hitler stirring up conflict in Europe, it was not an ideal time for overseas passenger travel so he scaled back from his multiple global trips and was forced to avoid Europe and Asia altogether. Amusing and entertaining, reminding me of some of Charles Dickens' books. The novel is set c.16607, but these years are telescoped and extended apparently to suit the plot. Suddenly, the court is notified that the city is ablaze, and Merivel races back to the city to retrieve his infant daughter from the flames. With a $100,000-plus salary from newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, beginning in 1929, followed by endorsement deals, speaking engagements, and earnings from his best-selling books, radio shows, movies, and museums, he was earning well over half a million dollars a year during the height of the Depression. Merivel rejoins his old friend, John Pearce, who has opened a Quaker sanitarium. However, he develops a romantic connection with a mentally ill patient named Katherine, whom he eventually sleeps with, and impregnates. Charles declares, he will be made royal physician. In 1908 he sold a cartoon to Life magazine, featuring a pretty woman pushing laundry through a wringer. A brief marriage to a teenaged Ziegfeld Follies dancer ended in divorceRipley preferred New Yorks rambunctious nightlife to the quiet charms of domesticity. I think mine is the only business in which the customer is never right, Ripley once said. But royal life at the Palace of Versailles - all glitter in front and squalor behind - leaves him in despair, until a chance encounter with the seductive Madame de Flamanville . Explore this book Preview He once claimed there were trillions of ways to make change for a five-dollar bill, and it would take a century to conduct all those transactions. The invented characters, interesting though they are, move around a King whose own restoration is the political act in the title. He's attending medical school, and he has a gift for healing; he's not in the least bit squeamish. The letter writers had even created their own fad, addressing envelopes simply to Rip, while others wrote backwards, upside down, in Braille, Hebrew, shorthand, semaphore, or Morse code (.-. He is a fount of beauty and power, of which we all yearn, in our overheated hearts, to feel some cooling touch notes Robert Merivel in the novel (p. 24). Is he a fair master? It's 1683, and he is now Sir Robert Merivel, a 56-year-old noble physician. While Charles II is off stage for much of the novel, there is little doubt that it is his character, or Tremains view of his character, that really dominates the work. He learned how to make photostat copies of the pages so that Ripley had a picture to copy for his sketch. Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. And in 1929 I joined King Features. He told Pearlroth that, given this cycle, he was hoping for another ten years of lifemeaning that it would come to an end in 1949. A cynical view of Charles II era told by an anatomy student, after the civil war and Cromwell government. His unmistakable, self-mocking voice speaks directly to us down the centuries. The doll had been abandoned and Myrtle decided to keep him during the entire 20-year period she lived . Merivel is, at the beginning of the story (and indeed in several episodes throughout), a very weak fellow. Scattered across three stories were bedrooms, sitting rooms, a solarium, a dark room, a steam room, and a gymnasium. An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Also featuring Sam Neill, Ian McKellen and . Washington Post Staff Writer A young doctor, Robert Merivel, enters the service of King Charles II of England after having saved the King's favorite spaniel. He would visit scores of countries, meeting headhunters and cannibals, royalty and beggars. Desson Howe - Weekend section, Merivel joins his old student friend John Pearce at the New Bedlam hospital, also in Norfolk. It was a program, as it happens, devoted to the origins of . Ripley served cocktails from beneath the flags of countries hed visited, scores of which dangled from the walls. The main character, Merivel, is a person ahead of his time in nearly everything he attempts. He had been divorced for 25 years. However, King Charles, though portrayed with intelligence and flair, can't hold a candle to our protagonist, whose self-awareness, self-deprecation and wildness of spirit reminded me of an English version of Count Oblomov. February 02, 1996. Robert Merivel (Downey) is a young man who seems to have everything.until a passionate affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless. Merivel and Katherine become lovers. people abandon the things that are important in life for Merivel is an unforgettable herosoulful, funny, outrageous and achingly sad. Merivel is a great lover of all the finer things in life; along with the decorative arts, fine cuisine and wines, he also enjoys the company of women and rarely denies himself anything, so of course it follows that he is bound to fall in love with Celia, even though the latter detests him to the core. In time, Merivel is given a title, a country estate and a wise butler (McKellen) in return Gabby Petitos Life WithAnd Death ByBrian Laundrie. In Jenkinsons work the Restoration court image matches this significant historical nexus. Robert Merivel, the main protagonist, who has more than a touch of Samuel Pepys about him, aspires, after his Candide-like adventures, to a restoration of his soul. Merivel gets an attractive young wife, albeit just for show, and the freedom to take as many other mistresses that may please him to his bed. elaborate re-creation of plague-ridden London, which is eventually barbecued in a With only a shared secretary between them, the two men created their own company, Simon and Schuster, to publish The Cross-Word Puzzle Bookwith a cute little pencil attachedand it became an instant best-seller. In a world of seduction and power, temptation has its price. If such literary works tend to be treated at all by historians, then it is often as a somewhat smaller, less worthy, over-rowdy, and much more emotional younger brother, over-concerned with mere story and (taken as given by many historians) often containing many an ill-conceived, ahistorical, character creation. There are One day the King tells Robert that he would like him to wed one of his mistresses, Celia Clemens. Can it really tell us anything about our views of a particular period? In addition to a town house overlooking Manhattans Central Park and a hacienda in Florida, he owned a mansion on a private island north of New York, crammed with curios collected from around the world, with a staff of servants and a group of adoring girlfriends referred to by friends as his harem. He was a goofy everyman whose limited education and simplistic worldview matched that of his core readership, but whose voracious curiosity and capacity for hard work and entrepreneurship led to the unintended creation of an empire that would far outlive him. The character of Robert Merivel is sympathetic and does a believable character arc, changing from a shallow person into a thoughtful physician. It might be said, however, that this image is arguably a hangover of the Charles II of the Arthur Bryant School of history. Stripped of everything, Merivel endures an excruciating series GradeSaver is And as long as I continue to receive the lions share of this odd form of flattery, I dont worry about a wolf being at my door. He roamed constantly, obsessively searching for strange facts and faces for his cartoon. . His favorite, ever since his first visit to China and India during his 192223 circumnavigation, was the Far East, the spice-scented alleys of Shanghai and the self-flagellating Hindu rituals in the Indian holy city of Benares, which he told readers was home to the weirdest collection of humanity on the face of the earth. Ripleys travels, combined with Pearlroths knowledge of the world and facility with languages, added an exotic flair and worldly tone to the Believe It or Not cartoons, earning Ripley a reputation as a real-life Indiana Jones. In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court. This was my first experience of the work of Ros Tremain, which means that, though this book revisits characters first introduced in1989 in Restoration, it is the first time I have become acquainted Sequels after a long gap of time are often a very bad idea, but in this case Merivel's voice rings out clearly as a bell. in the asylum and the blighted city. Instead of heaping more praise on the aviator, however, he declared that Lindbergh was not the first but the 67th man to make a nonstop flight across the Atlantic. Downey plays Robert Merivel, a dissolute physician with a lust for wenching. He is aided in this by a sober Quaker distractions. Titles Covers He is a man who is easily selfish gain and illusions of happiness. There was such a consistency to the narrative voice, and such a lovely tone to this book, that I did not want it to end. He is the novels deus ex machina. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and wine of the vibrant Restoration age. his colleague and friend John Pearce that he not give up Merivel becomes part of this community of Friends, he begins his own period of "restoration," becoming a more complete person able to put the needs of others above his own. 22 Photos Biography Drama History The exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman. Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Some days hed go straight to the New York Public Librarys central branch on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, where he was usually one of the first to walk between the twin lion statues and up the front steps. Production designer Eugenio Zanetti, costume designer James Acheson and cinematographer Rita Kempley - Style section, (6) Space naturally precludes an examination of all of the ideas in this particular work. moved from the city to work in a country hospice, and Of course, in the end the novel is an entertainment and many reading it will be content with this pleasure alone. Merivel soon assures him that she does not have the plague, but rather has a treatable fever and is with child. He comes to the attention of the king and for a while he is part of the court and plays the fool. Copyright 1999 - 2023 GradeSaver LLC. In this engaging historical saga, he's a randy physician After saving the life of someone close to King Charles II, Robert Merivel, a young 17th-century physician, is invited to join King Charles's court. to sink under its own excesses. A native Floridian I grew up here graduated from Wildwood High School and after graduation joined the US Army where I served for 21 1/2 years. for sexuality. Within a year, the duo published three more crossword-puzzle books and sold more than a million of them, eventually establishing the firm as a serious publishing house. It contained two words: HIRE RIPLEY. Ripley did not need much persuading, with Hearst offering a $1,200 a week salary plus a hefty share of the Believe it or Not sales profits, worth about $100,000 a year. Oh wow, this book really spoke to me. A friend recalled once dining with Ripley. SeriesRobert Merivel Series author: Rose Tremain 2 Works Popularity 6,313 (1,268 Members) 1,487 Books 62 Reviews 3.8. Regardless, Rose Tremain gives this historical period double-meaning in her novel, Restoration. It was also a problematic space. Indeed if popular and just occasionally academic history has become more novelistic in tone at times, then sometimes historical novels have become more academically serious.(4). frustrating but, for us, highly enjoyable life. Having fallen out of favour with his monarch in this first book, Merivel has been given back . 16 people found this helpful Overall 5 out of 5 stars . The caption read, The Village Bell Was Slowly Ringing. He was paid $8. Celia is then sent to Bidnold by the King after displeasing him. A highly entertaining and brilliantly written study of one man's rise and fall in Stewart England. Simons aunt was a fanatic crossworder, and her failure to find a book of puzzles inspired her nephew to publish one. The one communications medium Ripley had yet to conquer was television, and in 1949 he launched a TV show based on his cartoon. e Navy. You may be familiar with the Restoration and Charles II. I havent. Unfortunately, Katherine dies in childbirth, but Merivel's surgical skills are such that he is able to save their baby, whom he names Margaret. Oakie offered to help organize the messy contents of his new mansion and spent many days and nights in Mamaroneck, hiring domestic help while arranging the antiques and artwork. Director Michael Hoffman Writers Rose Tremain (novel) Rupert Walters (screenplay) Stars Robert Downey Jr. Sam Neill David Thewlis The purpose of the arranged marriage is to fool another of the King's mistresses. after he has lost. I can never figure out just what it means or what I should expect when reading a book that is either a Pulitzer or Booker winner or nomination. His health was increasingly frail, and his behavior often erratic. but is actually consumed by self doubts and a humbling I so love Rose Tremain's writing. During the Great Fire of London in 1666, Merivel rescues an elderly woman from a burning house when nobody else will help, stirred by memories of his own mother dying in similar circumstances when others could not help her. "A most useful fellow." Resoundingly, yes. Merivel joins the hospital with the best of intentions and hopes to rediscover his medical vocation. After the death of Pearce, Merivel and Katherine leave. Based partly on Ripleys popular third-of-a-page sports sketches, the *Globe*s circulation rose steadily, and he was rewarded with plum assignments, including trips to Europe, tours with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and visits to stateside military bases during World War I. Having said this, as so often in historical fiction the timescale within this novel jars to the historians eye. Now Max Schuster wanted Ripley to put a collection of cartoons, essays, and sketches between hard covers. The King fears that Celia has contracted the plague. He leaves Margaret with a wet nurse who promises to care for her in his absence, and goes out into the city, separating the sick from the well, who have all been quarantined together, and does what he can to ease the suffering of the dying. pleasure and status. Tremain is a writer to envy. The so-called Merry Monarch will take his mistress's pleasure at any given Midsummer Eve 1670. Synopsis: Robert Merivel is a dissolute young medical student when an accident of fate leads him to the attention of King Charles II. The Daily News, unveiled in 1919 as the nations first true tabloid, had been followed in 1924 by the Evening Graphic, created by Bernarr Macfadden, the eccentric and fabulously wealthy health guru whose magazines Ripley had read as a boy. Restoration won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration for Eugenio Zanetti and Best Costume Design for James Acheson. Ripley had hired Pearlroth in 1923 as a part-time research assistant. At the beginning of the story he is an aspiring physician. I didn't know what to expect. There, Merivel meets Katherine, a troubled young woman whose husband walked out on her after their daughter drowned in the river. When it came to cartoons featuring some math, science, or history puzzler, Ripley increasingly relied on the help of a silent partner, Norbert Pearlroth, a former banker and accomplished linguist with a near photographic memory. In some ways he appears to be a shallow man but is actually consumed by self . The presence of any number of novelistic Turkish kiosks erected in full view of not a few historians own grounds and filled with frothy and superficial knowledge has been often criticised for at the least foolishly spoiling the historical view, and at worst for looking in completely the wrong historical direction; that is, of course, where they have not been ignored entirely. and a supporting cast that includes Sam Neill, Hugh Grant and Ian McKellen. discretion when relying onit. Just as Restoration opens with Sir Robert Merivel - a lavishly imagined historical character we get to know so vividly over these quick-turning 800 pages he feels real - recounting "five beginnings" of his life, let's start by listing five ways this posting is unlike any other: The review is a double-package. his knowledge to treat. Ad Choices. It stars Robert Downey Jr. as a 17th-century medical student exploited by King Charles II. except his wife. The short answer he usually gave was: Everywhere, all the time.. It is also implied that it has botched and unsatisfactory results, even for him. Merivel agrees, only to discover he can't resist Celia, and soon finds himself out of the king's favor. Rose Tremain's best-selling novels have won many awards, including the Baileys Women's Prize, the Whitbread Novel of the Year, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Prix Femina Etranger. Merivel finds himself enjoying a life of debauched pleasure and popularity at court, until the King informs him that he has arranged for Merivel to wed Celia, the King's favorite mistress. He and his equally astute partner, Dick Simon, had teamed up in 1924 to publish the first-ever book of crossword puzzles. course, is smitten and falls from the king's favor. This painfully honest & humorous characters often cringeworthy behavior made for a diverting (at times hilariously funny) journey. By the time dinner arrived, Ripley had figured there were enough steaks in Texas to feed the entire population of Canadas Gasp Peninsula three times a day for 18 and a half years. Ripley never got the chance to work the irony into his cartoon. However, later, King Charles II asks Merivel to care for one of his dogs, which is grievously ill. Merivel's decision not to apply any of the traditional cures of the era leads to the dog recovering naturally, and he is then appointed surgeon to all of the king's dogs. Join Facebook to connect with Robert Merivel and others you may know. It is indeed the presentation of the king and his image within the contemporary multiple voices of culture. Though he never finished high school, he had developed (with Pearlroths assistance) his own unique mathematical skills and loved sharing number problems with readers. 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