Book cover for The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

4.1(121.6K)
Buy

About

Perhaps the most famous alias of all time, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" hides the identity of a British nobleman who, masked by various disguises, leads a band of young men to undermine the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution.The Scarlet Pimpernel makes daring raid after daring raid into the heart of France to save aristocrats condemned to the guillotine. At each rescue, he leaves his calling card: a small, blood-red flower - a pimpernel - mocking the power of Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety.Having been told that his own wife was an informer who delivered an aristocrat into the hands of the Committee, the Scarlet Pimpernel must keep his identity and work a secret while he struggles against the love he feels for her. Until the day her own brother is taken prisoner...
Pages
182
Released
2005
Publisher
Quiet Vision Publishing
ISBN
9781576469231
Fiction
Historical
General
Literary

Ratings

4.07 stars
121.6K ratings
5 stars
40%
4 stars
36%
3 stars
19%
2 stars
4%
1 star
2%
Unlimited book tracking for free
Read more this year with Bookshelf.
Supercharge your reading habits today.

Bookshelf is made by Alex Gerrese, a book-loving product designer & developer.