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The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with her husband Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.
Emmuska Orczy. 4.07. 136,091 ratings7,860 reviews. Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Book 1. The Scarlet Pimpernel. by Emmuska Orczy. 4.07 · 136,091 Ratings · 7,860 Reviews · published 1905 · 2446 editions. Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man … Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. Sir Percy Leads the Band. by Emmuska Orczy. 3.93 · 789 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 1936 · 99 editions.
Jun 7, 2024 · The Scarlet Pimpernel, romantic novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, produced as a play in 1903 and published in book form in 1905. The novel’s protagonist, Sir Percy Blakeney, ostensibly a foppish English aristocrat, is secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel, a swashbuckling hero and elusive master of disguise who rescues French aristocrats and smuggles ...
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May 1, 2000 · The Scarlet Pimpernel, an adventure novel by Hungarian-born British author Baroness Emma Orczy, was published in 1905. It is based on her 1903 play of the same title. The story takes place during the French Revolution.
Sep 9, 1993 · One of my duties here is to find out all about this League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, which has become a standing menace to France, since it is pledged to help our cursed aristocrats—traitors to their country, and enemies of the people—to escape from the just punishment which they deserve.
Mar 1, 1992 · The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1992. 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.
Aug 6, 2002 · 4.4 6,351 ratings. Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions.
Adapted from her play, Baroness Emma Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel is considered one of the greatest adventure novels of all time, and is one of the first examples of the masked avenger genre, which paved the way for such modern-day heroes as Zorro and Spider-Man.
