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The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Author: Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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 known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel ?has almost reache...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780755111183
ISBN-10: 0755111184
Pages: 294
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Publisher: House of Stratus
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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In 1792, during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, an English aristocrat known to be an ineffectual fop is actually a master of disguises who, with a small band of dedicated friends, undertakes dangerous missions to save members of the French nobility from the guillotine.

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During the French Revolution's reign of terror, the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel rescues helpless men, women, and children from their doom in this unique, wonderfully colorful adventure classic.


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