The Romantic

A new "whole life" novel from William Boyd, the author of Any Human Heartbr>br>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 lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserved tranquillity. This will not come to pass . . .>

Product details

• Authors: William Boyd
• Publisher: Viking
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780241542026
• ISBN: 978-0-241-54202-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 41 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, FICTION / Humorous / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary