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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.
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
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- 1905
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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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Nov 9, 1982 · A TV movie based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, starring Anthony Andrews as the mysterious hero who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine. See cast, crew, plot, trivia, reviews, awards and more on IMDb.
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- Clive Donner
- Not Rated
- Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian Mckellen
A classic adventure drama based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's novel about a nobleman who rescues aristocrats from the French Revolution. IMDb provides cast and crew, trivia, awards, videos, photos, plot summary, quotes and user and critic reviews.
- (4.6K)
- Harold Young
- Not Rated
- Adventure, Drama
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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St.
- Nick Bicât
- David Conroy
- 9 November 1982 (US)
- London Films
A plot summary of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, a historical novel about a clever and mysterious Englishman who saves French aristocrats from the guillotine in 1792. The summary covers the main characters, themes, literary devices, and events of the novel, from the French Revolution to the rescue of the Comte de Tournay and his family.
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.
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