Description: First published in 1905, Baroness Orczy's historical novel The Scarlet Pimpernel became almost as famous as the French Revolution itself. It tells of the escapades of Sir Percy Blakeney, one of the most famous swashbucklers ever. He leads a band of valiant Englishmen whose mission is to help the innocent aristocratic victims of the Reign of Terror escape the guillotine. He is known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel, to friends and foes alike, and the ruthless French agent Chauvelin is determined to discover his identity and to hunt him down. Assuming ever more daring and ingenious disguises, Blakeney succeeds in both outwitting his opponents and in keeping his activities a secret from his English friends and even, for a time, his beautiful wife.

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