The Scarlet Pimpernel

Summary

A thrilling tale of mystery and suspense set during the French Revolution, where a dashing English aristocrat risks his life to enter France and save innocents from the guillotine. Baroness Orczy's marvelously romantic tale of an English bonvivant, Sir Percy Blakeney, and his secretive plots to secure the escape of beleaguered French aristocrats from the clutches of "Madame la Guillotine". The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a secret society of English aristocrats who are determined to rescue their French counterparts from execution. Their leader is the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, whose name comes from the drawing of a red flower he uses to sign his messages. Table of Contents: Chapter 01: Paris: September, 1792 Chapter 02: Dover: "The Fisherman's Rest" Chapter 03: The Refugees Chapter 04: The League Of The Scarlet Pimpernel Chapter 05: Marguerite Chapter 06: An Exquisite Of '92 Chapter 07: The Secret Orchard Chapter 08: The Accredited Agent Chapter 09: The Outrage Chapter 10: In The Opera Box Chapter 11: Lord Grenville's Ball Chapter 12: The Scrap Of Paper Chapter 13: Either Chapter 14: One O'Clock Precisely! Chapter 15: Doubt Chapter 16: Richmond Chapter 17: Farewell Chapter 18: The Mysterious Device Chapter 19: The Scarlet Pimpernel Chapter 20: The Friend Chapter 21: Suspense Chapter 22: Calais Chapter 23: Hope Chapter 24: The Death Chapter 25: The Eagle And The Fox Chapter 26: The Jew Chapter 27: On The Track Chapter 28: The Pere Blanchard's Hut Chapter 29: Trapped Chapter 30: The Schooner Chapter 31: The Escape Baroness Orczy Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi (1865–1947) was a Hungarian aristocrat, raised in Britain. Baroness Orczy was a novelist and painter, famed for her Scarlett Pimpernel series about an English aristocrat who donned a disguise to rescue French aristocrats threatened by the guillotine.

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