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In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he’s let his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin. Meanwhile, his sister, alone in her modern bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life. Into this closed world comes Anthony Verey, a wealthy but disillusioned antiques dealer from London.

Restoration is a panoramic novel of life in 17th-century England, from the restoration of vitality to the empire after the onslaughts of the London fire and the plague, to the restoration of purpose and wakefulness in the life of Robert Merivel, who places his faith in the greatest symbol of a forward-moving era - the King.

Rose Tremain grew up in postwar London, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. The girl known then as ‘Rosie’ and her sister, Jo, spent their days longing for their grandparents' farm, buried deep in the Hampshire countryside, a green paradise of feasts and freedom, where they could at last roam and dream.

Lev ist ein Glückssucher: Er ist nach London gekommen, um seiner Familie ein besseres Leben zu ermöglichen. Fremd und einsam denkt er zurück an seine jung verstorbene Frau Marina, seine kleine Tochter Maya und die verrückten Erlebnisse mit seinem Freund Rudi. Doch Lev ist entschlossen, sich eine Zukunft zu erkämpfen: Er entdeckt ein ungeahntes Talent, findet Freunde und sogar eine neue Liebe.

En morgen rejser 11-årige George og hans italienske mor hovedkuls til Sicilien - hendes fødeø - langt væk fra pulserende London og Georges far, som han savner voldsomt. Men George glæder sig også at gense sin italienske familie, og en begivenhedsrig tid begynder. Men under overfladen buldrer lavaen allerede. En altødelæggende vulkan er tæt på udbrud.