The romantic : the real life of Cashel Greville Ross : a novel / William Boyd.
Publication details: London : Viking, 2022.Description: 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 0241542030
- 9780241542033
- 0241542022
- 9780241542026
- 1800-1899
- Historical fiction
- Authors -- Fiction
- Farmers -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Ethical problems -- Fiction
- Armies -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Fathers -- Fiction
- Men -- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- Self actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- England -- History -- Fiction
- Trieste (Austria-Hungary) -- Fiction
- Zanzibar -- History -- Fiction
- Sri Lanka -- History -- Fiction
- Pisa (Italy) -- History -- Fiction
- Ravenna (Italy) -- History -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Fiction
- Trieste (Italy) -- Fiction
- Europe
- Europe -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Italy -- Trieste
- 823.92 23/eng/20220109
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Historical | BOY | Available | 071755 |
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From one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel about the tumult and unexpected nature of life, set in the 19th century A new "whole life" novel from William Boyd, the author of Any Human Heart. Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a farmer, a pawnbroker, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a writer, a gigolo - and many other manifestations - and, finally, a minor diplomat, based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he sees out the end of his days.