The Scarlet Pimpernel
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
But of only one thing could those who sought him be sure. They knew all too well the symbol of his presence, the blood-red flower known as the Scarlet Pimpernel.
But of only one thing could those who sought him be sure. They knew all too well the symbol of his presence, the blood-red flower known as the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Their leader is the Scarlet Pimpernel – a man whose audacity and clever disguises foil the villainous agent Chauvelin. Who is he and can he keep one step ahead of the revolutionaries?
Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Emmuska Orczy. THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL Baroness Orczy Supplementary material written by Margaret Brantley Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson 4 The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized,.
The play is fantastically plotted that drags its readers from the center of London society to a dark night on the coast of France. The book is so interesting that it barely lets us pause for breath.
The first and most successful in the Baroness's series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" was the blueprint for what became ...
The edition places the book The Scarlet Pimpernel within the context of the elite and popular literature of the turn of the century.
She is captivated and entranced by the stories surrounding him but is soon forced into a position where she must assist the French ambassador to England in capturing the elusive man.
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, first published in 1922, is the last book in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel's adventures.
Set during the French Revolution, this classic novel follows the daring exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a daring Englishman who rescues aristocrats from the jaws of the guillotine.
Baroness Orczy. " Then why not the Scarlet Pimpernel ? " was Couthon's simple conclusion . " The Scarlet Pimpernel ! " Theresia exclaimed with a shrug of her handsome shoulders . " The Scarlet Pimpernel , forsooth ! Why , meseems that no ...