The Great Roxhythe

• Georgette Heyer’s early masterpiece filled with the splendour of England’s Restoration court.

• NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author.

• ‘My favourite historical novelist – stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty… her sense of period is superb’ MARGARET DRABBLE.

THE GREAT ROXHYTHE is a romance of Charles II’s court, with two unconventional love stories at its heart. The most noble Marquis of Roxhythe is the King’s favourite and the darling of the ladies. The whole court is jealous of his wealth, the beauty of his exquisitely clothed person, and above all of his friendship with the King. But beneath his airs and graces there is a hidden and keen intelligence, and a quick wit.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists. She was born in Wimbledon, London in 1902, the eldest of three children. A vociferous reader from an early age she wrote her first book to amuse her sick brother, Boris, and it was published in 1921. She would write over fifty more and virtually invented the historical romance genre. She died in 1974.

PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER

‘Perfect craftsmanship’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Brings history to life… Georgette Heyer is second to none’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘One of the great protagonists of the historical novel’ PHILIPPA GREGORY

‘Heyer’s women are spunky, daring and outrageous… her heroes the stuff of dreams’ DIANA PALMER, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

‘Downright delicious… wonderful entertainment from first page to last’ CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE

‘Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to’ KATIE FFORDE, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

‘Georgette Heyer is unbeatable’ INDIA KNIGHT

‘A fabulous, witty writer’ STEPHEN FRY

‘Escapism of the highest order’ THE DAILY MAIL