num_pages: 418
description: Georgette Heyer’s second historical novel, published in 1923, was a far more ambitious undertaking than her first, 1921’s The Black Moth. The book was later suppressed from republication by its author during her lifetime.The book is set at the court of Charles II, in the era after which he has returned to a grateful nation after his years of exile due to Oliver Cromwell’s Puritanical regime.The book stars the Marquis of Roxhythe, a courtier and master manipulator who works behind the scenes to further his beloved King’s agenda.
language: English
title: The Great Roxhythe
titlecomplete: The Great Roxhythe
genres: Historical, Novels, Adventure, Historical Romance, Regency, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 428
publisher: Amereon Limited