The scarlet pimpernel
Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-19472018
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Sir Percy Blakeney lives a double life in the England of 1792: at home he is an idle fop and a leader of fashion, but in abroad he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise who saves aristocrats from the guillotine. When the revolutionary French state seeks to unmask him, Percy's estranged, independent wife, Marguerite, unwittingly sets their agent on her husband's track. Percy's escapades, and Marguerite's daring journey to France to save him from the guillotine, keep the reader turning the pages of Baroness Orczy's well-paced romantic adventure.
Main title:
The scarlet pimpernel / Emma Orczy.
Edition:
New edition / introduction and notes by Nicholas Daly.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780198791225 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1867579