02779cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000330012624500230015926400510018230000470023333600260028033700260030633800360033250000850036850000310045350802050048452013570068953400680204665300230211465300160213765300320215365300650218565300210225085600600227185600430233199900190237476816UtSlPG20260610134758.0mcr n260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a23008988  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aHeyer, Georgette,d1902-197414aThe great Roxhythe 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Roxhythe  aRelease date is 2025-09-04  aTim Lindell, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"The great Roxhythe" by Georgette Heyer is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set amid Restoration politics, it follows the charismatic yet enigmatic Marquis of Roxhythe—favorite of King Charles II—on a covert mission to court William of Orange, with a keen young secretary, Christopher Dart, drawn into espionage and statecraft. Expect court intrigue, rival ministers, continental travel, and a tension between loyalty to a monarch and loyalty to a nation.  The opening of the novel introduces Whitehall’s glitter and gossip before King Charles privately tasks Roxhythe with secretly approaching his nephew William to secure England’s advantage despite the recent alliance with Holland. Briefed—uneasily—by Buckingham and Ashley-Cooper, Roxhythe recruits Christopher Dart, stages a public royal rebuff as cover, and sets out for the Low Countries. In Flushing and along the Dutch road, he deftly plays off suspected spies (including the amenable Mr. Milward and a man linked to Hyde), feigns illness at Rotterdam with the help of the loyal apothecary de Staal, and slips away by night. Reaching The Hague, he enlists Christopher’s brother Roderick—now devoted to William despite De Witt’s oversight—and quietly secures a clandestine evening audience with the Prince. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1923  aHistorical fiction  aSpy stories  aKings and rulers -- Fiction  aGreat Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction  aSpies -- Fiction4 uhttps://archive.org/details/greatroxhythe00heye/page/n740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76816  c117541d117541