Royal Escape
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- Georgette Heyer (Écrivain)
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"What are these thoughts?" he asked.
She shook her head, but looked up, and managed to smile. "Ah no, they are mine, sir, as yours are yours alone. Must I not be cast down when your Majesty frowns?"
"Did I so? But not at you, I swear."
"Not at me, but at your troubles, which now you make light of that I may not suspect they irk you," she said wistfully.
He did not tell her what was in his mind, that women were made for loving, not counsel. He said instead: "The truth is, I am an impatient fellow, that cannot stomach the least check."
She rose from her knees. "Nay, for you are a prince, sir, and all unused to the checks that fall in common men's paths."
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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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