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Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
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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.
1 Video. 98 Photos. Adventure Drama. A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine. Director. Harold Young. Writers. Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Alexander Korda. Montagu Barstow. Stars. Leslie Howard. Merle Oberon. Raymond Massey. See production info at IMDbPro.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Summary. Next. Chapter 1. Literary devices: Genre. Mood. Setting. Style. Tone. View all. It is 1792 in France, and the French Revolution is in full swing.
135,610ratings7,798reviews. Kindle $5.99. Rate this book. 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.
SYNOPSIS. An English aristocrat risks his life to rescue members of the French upper class from being killed during the French Revolution. Events in History at the Time the Novel Takes Place. The Novel in Focus. Events in History at the Time the Novel Was Written. For More Information.
British aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney (Anthony Andrews) appears to be a vain and shallow man, but, in the guise of his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel, he is a courageous swordsman. As the...
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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.
