Books by Rose Tremain

***Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award*** ** The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller **What is the difference between friendship and love? Jewish and mercurial, a talented pianist tortured by nerves when he has to play in public, Anton fails to understand how deeply and irrevocably his life and Gustav's are entwined.

Islands of Mercy is a novel that ignites the senses, and is a bold exploration of the human urge to seek places of sanctuary in a pitiless world. 'One of our most accomplished novelists' Observer'I loved it, and the images continue to haunt me months later.

Thought-provoking and life-affirming, this is at once an examination and a celebration of friendship in all its glorious complexity. Selected from the books Restoration and The Gustav Sonata by Rose TremainVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS.

Teenagedrengen Lewis Little er sammen med sin mor, Alice, rejst fra England til Paris, hvor Alice skal oversætte succesforfatterinden Valentina Gavrils seneste romantiske bestseller, mens Lewis skal forbedre sit franske.Han forelsker sig hovedkulds i den blonde, frodige Valentina, som er mere end 25 år ældre end ham selv. Om natten drømmer han erotiske drømme om målet for sin kærlighed. Om dagen går han på opdagelse i Paris.Men da Valentina pludselig forsvinder, er Lewis overbevist om, at hun er blevet kidnappet, og beslutter sig for at efterforske sagen – og historien bevæger sig fra ren idyl ind i en mørk underverden.Rose Tremain (f. 1943) er en britisk forfatter. Hendes romaner og noveller er udgivet i mere end 25 lande, og hun har vundet adskillige priser for sine bøger. Rose Tremain har desuden undervist i skrivekunst ved University of East Anglia.

At the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: she isn't Mary, she's a boy. So begins Mary's heroic struggle to change gender, while around her others also strive to find a place of safety and fulfilment in a savage and confusing world.

Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. In her precise yet sensuous style she lays bare the soul of her characters- the admirable, the embarrassing, the unfulfilled, the sexy and the adorable - to uncover a dazzling range of human emotions and desires.

But Versailles - all glitter in front and squalor behind - leaves Merivel in despair, until a chance encounter with Madame de Flamanville, a seductive Swiss botanist, allows him to dream of an honourable future.

In a silent valley in southern France stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. His sister, Audrun, alone in her bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life.

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.

Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend Rudi. London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging...

A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain. Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in her Paris flat, closely guarded by her lawyer who will not allow her any visitors.

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. Abandoning his farm and family, he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps, a moral wilderness where many others, under the seductive dreams of 'the colour', are violently rushing to their destinies.

Valentina slowly casts a spell over Lewis, but when her past begins to encroach on all their lives and, as this enchanted world is gradually lost, Lewis is driven on a terrifying quest.

Set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London, this story features a young italian clockmaker who contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness.

'The best thing from Denmark since Hamlet.' John Julius NorwichIn the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra.

I den lille landsby Swaithey i Suffolk er det bedst at nøjes med at drømme og lade være med at stikke for meget ud. Det er svært for Mary Ward, der allerede som seksårig har fået et glimt af den dreng, der gemmer sig i hendes pigekrop. For Mary bliver det en lang kamp at finde lykken og få de kønsskifteoperationer, der skal gøre hende til den, hun virkelig er. "Lukket land" tegner et tidsbillede fra årene 1950-1980, og romanens store persongalleri reagerer vidt forskelligt på Marys beslutning om at blive til Martin.Rose Tremain (f. 1943) er en britisk forfatter. Hendes romaner og noveller er udgivet i mere end 25 lande, og hun har vundet adskillige priser for sine bøger. Rose Tremain har desuden undervist i skrivekunst ved University of East Anglia.

Vi skriver 1629, da den 27-årige lutspiller Peter Claire rejser fra sit hjemland, England, for at spille ved Christian IV’s hof på Rosenborg. Han bliver hurtigt kongens yndling, men da han forelsker sig i kongens elskerindes kammerpige Emilia, bliver hans bekvemme og ukomplicerede liv pludselig splittet mellem pligt og lidenskab.Den engelske romanforfatter Rose Tremain (f. 1943) studerede engelsk litteratur på det parisiske universitet Sorbonne og skrev og udgav faglitteratur om kvindesagen, inden sin skønlitterære debut "Sadler's Birthday" (1976). Siden er det blevet til en række historiske romaner med fokus på personer og handlinger, hvor sindssygen og dæmonien ligger lige under overfladen.