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Book SynopsisThrough the prisms of memory and art, award-winning author John Spurling reimagines the tumultuous period of the Glorious Revolution and brings to life historical figures Dryden, Vanbrugh, Swift, Pope and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu as never before.
Trade Review'Elegant and playful, a tonic for these trouble times' Andrew Taylor, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London
‘A heartfelt memorial to the extraordinary William Congreve and to those who loved him. Spurling provides an imaginative way into a wonderful period for readers who prefer their historical tea mixed with the milk of fiction’ Ophelia Field, Author of The Kit-Cat Club, and The Favourite
‘This cleverly constructed portrait of a great playwright and good man starts with the turbulent politics of the Restoration period and ends with a timeless love. As erudite and entertaining as Congreve himself’ Carole Angier, biographer of Jean Rhys and Primo Levi
