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Royal Escape

Royal Escape

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency adventure romance

Summary

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
'Georgette Heyer will not let you down' Jenny Colgan
'One of my perennial comfort authors' Joanne Harris
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Dispossessed of crown and kingdom, the young Charles II is forced to flee for his life.


Out of the heat of battle, the outlaw King and his tiny party must journey across Cromwell's England to a Channel port and a ship bound for France and safety.

But the King, with his love of adventure, his irrepressible humour and his unmistakeable looks, is no easy man to hide...
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Reader's love Royal Escape ...

***** 'I adored this book finding it nonstop fascinating.'
***** 'A suspenseful tale.'
***** 'Great read!'
***** 'Heyer is a favourite.'
***** 'Her historical novels are so well researched I feel transported back into time.'

About the author

Georgette Heyer

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.
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