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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
- 319
- 1905
- 1905
Nov 9, 1982 · A TV movie adaptation of the classic novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, starring Anthony Andrews as the daring English nobleman who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, soundtrack and more on IMDb.
- (5.2K)
- Clive Donner
- Not Rated
- Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian Mckellen
The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Harold Young. With Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce. A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
- (4.6K)
- Harold Young
- Not Rated
- Adventure, Drama
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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A British TV series based on the novel by Baroness Orczy, starring Richard E. Grant as the daring hero who rescues French aristocrats from the Revolution. See cast, crew, episodes, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
- (1.3K)
- 59 sec
- TV-14
- 31
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Overview. Published in 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Emma Orczy, is a historical romance adventure novel about a wealthy English baronet with a secret life as a hero who rescues the innocent from the French Reign of Terror.
135,813 ratings7,824 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.
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