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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

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

By 1792, the idealism of the French Revolution has degenerated into a Reign of Terror. Ruthless mobs rule the streets of Paris, and each day, hundreds of royalists are sacrificed to the guillotine, with hundreds more condemned to follow. Their only hope lies in rescue by the... Read Full Overview

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is a classic adventure novel set during the French Revolution. It follows the daring exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English aristocrat who leads a double life as the Scarlet Pimpernel, a mysterious hero who rescues French nobles... Read Full Overview

La Baronesa Orczy escribi? docenas de libros, pero estas novelas de capa y espada la inmortalizaron. Es la historia de Sir Percy Blakeney, conocido en la sociedad brit?nica geor-giana como interesado m?s en sus ropas que en cualquier otra cosa. Pero ?l lleva una vida doble como... 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

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

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

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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... Read Full Overview

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY BARONESS ORCZY Key features of this book: * Unabridged with 100% of it's original content * Available in multiple formats: eBook, original paperback and large print paperback * Easy-to-read 16 pt. font size * Proper paragraph formatting with Indented... Read Full Overview

The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness ORCZY (1865 - 1947) In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republic when the guillotine begins to be repeatedly cheated of aristocratic victims due to... 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

Sir Percy Blakeney lives a double life in the England of 1792: at home he is an idle fop and a leader of fashion, but abroad he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise who saves aristocrats from the guillotine. When the revolutionary French state seeks to unmask him, Percy's... Read Full Overview