Her Royal Highness

The novel is a romance and adventure story set in the late 19th century. It follows the life of a young woman who becomes embroiled in a plot to overthrow the British monarchy. The story features themes of love, loyalty, and duty, as well as elements of espionage and intrigue.

By William Le Queux · First published 1909 · Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Romance · 34 chapters · 97,847 words

First lines

The mystic hour of the desert afterglow.

A large, square wooden veranda covered by a red and white awning, above a wide silent sweep of flowing river, whose huge rocks, worn smooth through a thousand ages, raised their backs about the stream, a glimpse of green feathery palms and flaming scarlet poinsettias on the island opposite, and beyond the great drab desert, the illimitable waste of stony, undulating sands stretching away to the infinite, and bathed in the blood-red light of the dying day.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: William Le Queux
• Date: 1909 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Thriller, Adventure, Romance, Mystery, Historical Fiction
• Length: 97,847 words
• Structure: 34 chapters, 2,424 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Genres

• Thriller — The book contains suspenseful and exciting elements typical of a thriller.
• Adventure — The narrative involves adventurous undertakings and explorations.
• Romance — There are romantic elements interwoven within the plot.
• Mystery — The story includes mysterious circumstances and events.

Tags

Spy Fiction · Adventure · Romance · Mystery · Thriller · Drama · Historical Fiction · Royal Family · Politics · Intrigue · Plot Twist · Secrets

Contents

• The Nile Travellers
• Arouses Certain Suspicions
• In the Holy of Holies
• Contains a Bitter Truth
• A Surprise
• More Concerning the Stranger
• The Night of the Golden Pig
• The Great Ghelardi
• At Downing Street
• Some Curious Stories
• Strictly Incognita
• The King's Confidences
• His Majesty's Secret
• Is Mainly Problematical
• Behind the Throne
• Her Royal Highness
• The Cipher Dispatch
• Told in the Cafe Metropole
• At the Court Ball
• Reveals Hubert's Secret
• A Confidential Report
• "the Thrush."
• Her Highness's Warning
• Room Number 164
• Government Secrets
• Gathering Clouds
• Reveals an Intrigue
• The Eyewitness
• Reveals the Bondage
• Mijoux Flobecq
• The Bond Revealed
• Through the Night
• Spreading the Net
• The Truth is Told

More by William Le Queux

• El tesoro misterioso (1909)
• Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo (1904)
• The Four Faces (1920)
• The Czar's Spy (1896)
• The House of Whispers (1908)
• The Doctor of Pimlico (1906)
• The Minister of Evil (1902)
• The Great White Queen (1896)
• All works by William Le Queux