Restoration

Description:

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 serve his monarch in an unusual role.

subjects: Mistresses,  Medical Students,  Quakers,  Royal couples,  History,  Fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Great britain, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general

Places: Great Britain

Times: Charles II, 1660-1685