The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

"The Elusive Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a novel published in 1908. Set in September 1793, French agent Chauvelin plots his revenge against the legendary Scarlet Pimpernel. Using a young actress as bait, he lures Sir Percy Blakeney into an elaborate trap that forces him to France and lands his wife Marguerite in prison. With citizens threatened and escape seemingly impossible, Chauvelin believes he's finally cornered his elusive enemy in this classic adventure of deception and daring. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947
Title The Elusive Pimpernel
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elusive_Pimpernel_(novel)
Credits Produced by J.C. Byers, L.M. Shaf, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject Nobility -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 2785
Release Date
Last Update Jan 27, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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