The Romantic: Signed Edition (Hardback) William Boyd (author)

Signed Edition

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 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…

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 500 g
Dimensions: 240 x 156 x 28 mm