The Scarlet Pimpernel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the height of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, as the guillotine claims aristocratic head after aristocratic head, a mysterious English vigilante known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel orchestrates daring rescues from beneath the noses of the Republic's most ruthless agents. Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel chronicles the double life of Sir Percy Blakeney — an apparently foppish English baronet and the most elusive hero in France — whose genius for disguise and audacious cunning keeps both his enemies and his own wife perpetually deceived. Set against the blood-soaked backdrop of 1790s Paris and the genteel drawing rooms of Regency England, this breathless adventure pits wit against tyranny in a contest where the stakes are nothing less than life and death. First published in 1905, the novel stands as a cornerstone of the adventure and espionage genre, pioneering the archetype of the masked hero with a secret identity that would go on to inspire countless literary and cinematic descendants — from Zorro to Batman. Orczy's prose is vigorous and propulsive, deftly balancing romantic tension, political intrigue, and pulse-quickening action sequences, while her portrayal of Marguerite Blakeney — brilliant, conflicted, and fiercely independent — gives the narrative a psychological depth that elevates it far beyond mere swashbuckling escapade. Whether one reads it as a thrilling adventure, a meditation on courage and sacrifice, or a portrait of a marriage strained to its very limits, The Scarlet Pimpernel remains as irresistible today as the elusive hero at its heart.
Author: Baroness Orczy
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the height of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, as the guillotine claims aristocratic head after aristocratic head, a mysterious English vigilante known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel orchestrates daring rescues from beneath the noses of the Republic's most ruthless agents. Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel chronicles the double life of Sir Percy Blakeney — an apparently foppish English baronet and the most elusive hero in France — whose genius for disguise and audacious cunning keeps both his enemies and his own wife perpetually deceived. Set against the blood-soaked backdrop of 1790s Paris and the genteel drawing rooms of Regency England, this breathless adventure pits wit against tyranny in a contest where the stakes are nothing less than life and death. First published in 1905, the novel stands as a cornerstone of the adventure and espionage genre, pioneering the archetype of the masked hero with a secret identity that would go on to inspire countless literary and cinematic descendants — from Zorro to Batman. Orczy's prose is vigorous and propulsive, deftly balancing romantic tension, political intrigue, and pulse-quickening action sequences, while her portrayal of Marguerite Blakeney — brilliant, conflicted, and fiercely independent — gives the narrative a psychological depth that elevates it far beyond mere swashbuckling escapade. Whether one reads it as a thrilling adventure, a meditation on courage and sacrifice, or a portrait of a marriage strained to its very limits, The Scarlet Pimpernel remains as irresistible today as the elusive hero at its heart.