Baroness Emma Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel Annotated Baroness Emma Orczy

Early days of the French Republic, and Robespierre's revolutionaries locate their depraved schemes again and again being thwarted. It seems that Sir Percy Blakeney--the foxy and heroic Pimpernel--is extra than a in shape for them all. But Sir Percy's spy-catching archenemy, Chauvelin, has devised a plan. In this swashbuckling sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy tries to smuggle French aristocrats in another country to safety, at the same time as Chauvelin performs out a vile plot to dispose of the Pimpernel and his stunning wife, as soon as and for all. Lighting up film and tv displays and jumping off the pages of books, the adventures of Baroness Orczy's rebellion Pimpernel have ignited imaginations internationally for generations. Fans of the conventional original, in addition to folks who experience wealthy historic novels, will thrill to this story of intrigue set within side the days following the French Revolution.