The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy
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"The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy is an adventure novel published in 1913. Set in 1623 Holland, the story follows Percy Blakeney, a dashing foreign mercenary who becomes entangled in a deadly conspiracy. When he's hired to kidnap Gilda Beresteyn, daughter of a wealthy merchant, Blakeney finds himself caught between a dangerous assassination plot, a vengeful nobleman, and his growing feelings for his
captive—who could send him to the gallows with a single word. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Cavalier_(novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by Brenda Lewis, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Netherlands -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 33208 |
| Release Date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Last Update | Apr 9, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 574 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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