The Romantic

From one of Britain’s best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel set in the 19th century 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… —- ISBN: 9780241542026 | ISBN10: 0241542022 | ISBN-13: 978-0241542026