The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Aziloth Books) - Orczy, Baroness Emma
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'Baroness Emma Orczy wrote 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' as a stage play in 1903, and its great success in the theatre prompted a series of books based on the adventures of its hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, whose outward appearance of hare-brained aristocratic fop masks a man of cool, sometimes reckless courage intent on rescuing as many innocents as he can from the blood-lust of the Parisian mob and the cold 'kiss' of Madame Guillotine. In 'The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel', Orczy relates the many and varied ways that Sir Percy, with his intrepid band of followers, pits his wits against the French…mehr

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'Baroness Emma Orczy wrote 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' as a stage play in 1903, and its great success in the theatre prompted a series of books based on the adventures of its hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, whose outward appearance of hare-brained aristocratic fop masks a man of cool, sometimes reckless courage intent on rescuing as many innocents as he can from the blood-lust of the Parisian mob and the cold 'kiss' of Madame Guillotine. In 'The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel', Orczy relates the many and varied ways that Sir Percy, with his intrepid band of followers, pits his wits against the French Revolution's ruthless spymaster, Citizen Chauvelin. Told from a variety of perspectives, the stories build cleverly, each adding an important link in a narrative chain full of heroic escapes and incredible illusions. A must-read for all fans of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (1865 - 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. Also, The Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save ill-fated French royalty from "Madame Guillotine" during the French revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture. Other Books of the Author: . The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) . The Old Man in the Corner (1908) . The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919) . El Dorado (1913) . The Elusive Pimpernel (1908) . I Will Repay (1906)