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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a riveting tale of daring and heroism set during the upheaval and violence of the French Revolution. The novel follows the story of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English baronet with a secret identity as the Scarlet Pimpernel, a daring and elusive hero... Read Full Overview

The first and most successful in the Baroness's series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne... Read Full Overview

It is 1792 and France is in the grip of a seething, bloody revolution. Mobs roam the Paris streets hunting down royalists, barricades block any chance of escape, and every day hundreds die under the blade of Madame la Guillotine. But in the hearts of the condemned nobility there... Read Full Overview

The Scarlet Pimpernel is set during the early stages of the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a secret society known as the "League of the Scarlet Pimpernel," dedicated to rescuing French aristocrats from the Reign of Terror's guillotine. As the mysterious Scarlet... Read Full Overview

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"Vaguely she began to wonder ... which of these worldly men round her was the mysterious 'Scarlet Pimpernel, ' who held the threads of such daring plots, and the fate of valuable lives in his... Read Full Overview

It is 1792 and France is in the grip of a seething, bloody revolution. Mobs roam the Paris streets hunting down royalists, barricades block any chance of escape, and every day hundreds die under the blade of Madame la Guillotine. But in the hearts of the condemned nobility there... Read Full Overview

When French aristocrats become targets of public violence, a mysterious hero called the Scarlet Pimpernel works to find and safely smuggle them outside the country. Meanwhile, an accredited agent is desperate to uncover his secret identity.

During the French... Read Full Overview

It is 1792 and France is in the grip of a seething, bloody revolution. Mobs roam the Paris streets hunting down royalists, barricades block any chance of escape, and every day hundreds die under the blade of Madame la Guillotine. But in the hearts of the condemned nobility there... Read Full Overview

The first and most successful in the Baroness's series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne... Read Full Overview

Unique Elements Author Biography The Unmissable Literary Classic by Baroness Orczy The Scarlet Pimpernel by Hungarian-born British author Baroness Orczy is a book of literary fiction first published in 1905 in the UK. A celebrated literary classic, filled with thrilling adventure... Read Full Overview

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Escrita en 1905 por la baronesa Emma... Read Full Overview

"The Scarlet Pimpernel" is an adventure novel written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, first published in 1905. Set during the French Revolution, the novel follows the exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English baronet who leads a secret double life as the daring and elusive... Read Full Overview