Great novel by one of my favourite writers - very highly recommended!

Released at Old Gang catch up.

Picked up at the 'old gang' meetup - thanks :-)

Discovered I have two copies of this and have run short of registered books for the obcz so...

Released to obcz

Retrieved from obcz

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Bringing to Book Festival Meetup but if it isn't taken, will be releasing as part of my Festival Challenge:

During the Edinburgh Festival 2010 I wild released 50 books around various venues to 'celebrate' my birthday. I got 9 'catches' which I thought was pretty good going.

It proved to be quite addictive, so for the 7th year in a row I thought I'd do it again. Collecting 50 books to release is quite a challenge, so not all the books are ones that I've read, if they are then my journal entry will be somewhere above.

Expect releases to take place between 1st August 2016 and 1st September 2016.

Thank you for picking up this book. I hope you enjoy reading it & look forward to reading your journal entry & those that follow. You don't have to join to journal (you can do that anonymously) but it's free, so if you're a bookworm that likes to pass on books, why not join in.

I will try & update these release notes with the actual details ASAP after release and will tweet their location as I go (@cassandra2020)

Released as part of my annual challenge to release 50 books during the Edinburgh Festival - if you've picked this book up I hope you enjoy it!

The 2016 UK Bookcrossing Unconvention will be held in Birmingham, 23-25 September 2016. Visit http://2016.bcukunconvention.co.uk/ for details!

Picked up at the Book Festival meet up. Thank you!

I loved this. Merival was such a great character, in spite of his excesses I really liked him. I think this is because he is actually a kind man. Will try an find another appreciative writer soon!

Picked it up at tonight's meetup at Joseph Pearce. The actor who played Merival in the movie was Robert Downey Jr. 😉

"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 slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and wine of the vibrant Restoration age. But when he i’s called on to serve the king in an unusual role, he transgresses the one law that he is forbidden to break and is cast out from his newfound paradise. Thus begins Merivel'’s journey to self-knowledge, which will take him down into the lowest depths of seventeenth-century society."

A very enjoyable read! They made a few changes in the film adaptation, I think, but don't they always? ;-)

Sent to xtrdnry in Australia as an RABCK. Enjoy the book.

Arrived in the mail today from Hamburg. Thank you dschinny! I've been looking forward to reading this one, so it might make its way straight to the top of my TBR pile.

Update: I finished reading the book but almost forgot to write a journal entry. I still haven't seen the movie. I doubt I'd have finished the book if I had. Right from the start I could picture Robert Downey Jr as the character of Merival. I think he will do a splendid job of it. Will try to track down the movie now and see how it compares!

Leaving on the bookshelf.

This is so far outside my usual choice of reading material. I was just going to journal it and pass it on. But I enjoyed it. though it did test my tendency to squeamishness.
PS. Wouldn't Robert Downey Junior be too good looking for this part? Can't imagine him with hog's bristles.

passed to a fellow bookcrosser in order to follow its continuing journey.

Handed to me and recommended as a good read, on to Mt TBR it goes.
Thanks Monamore

This is a unique, plausible, well written, compelling story. A must read for those interested in seventeenth-century English historical fiction.
Recommended reading.

On to the bookcase.

To the finder of this book -
Please let me know it is in safe hands by journalling that you have caught it, you are under no obligation to read it and Bookcrossing is completely anonymous.