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The Romantic
The Romantic
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Soldier. Farmer. Felon. Writer. Father. Lover.
One man, many lives.
Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross experiences myriad joyous and devastating, years of luck and unexpected loss. Moving from County Cork to London, from Waterloo to Zanzibar, Cashel seeks his fortune across continents in war and in peace. He faces a terrible moral choice in a village in Sri Lanka as part of the East Indian Army. He enters the world of the Romantic Poets in Pisa. In Ravenna he meets a woman who will live in his heart for the rest of his days. As he travels the world as a soldier, a farmer, a felon, a writer, a father, a lover, he experiences all the vicissitudes of life and, through the accelerating turbulence of the nineteenth century, he discovers who he truly is. This is the romance of life itself, and the beating heart of The Romantic.
From one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel set across the nineteenth century.
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Epic 19th-century life journey through love and war.
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Who is this book for?
If you're drawn to sweeping historical tales that explore a man’s varied life experiences, this book might be just what you need. It vividly takes you from the battlefields of Waterloo to the creative circles of the Romantic poets, capturing a lifetime of love, loss, and self-discovery. Readers enjoy its rich, panoramic storytelling and the way it immerses you deeply into the tumultuous 19th century.