The Scarlet Pimpernel
$26.03
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1997
Summary
The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and concl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140374544 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014037454X |
| Author: | Baroness Orczy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1997 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 131mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Puffin Classics |
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“Arguably the best adventure story ever published and certainly the most influential that appeared during the early decades of the twentieth century.”- Gary Hoppenstand
“Arguably the best adventure story ever published and certainly the most influential that appeared during the early decades of the twentieth century.”—Gary Hoppenstand
About The Author
Baroness Orczy
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was an only child of Austro-Hungarian nobles. She lived most of her life in London, where she built her reputation as an established novelist, playwright, and artist. Her most famous novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel, was also a success on stage and spawned a series of books featuring its cast of characters.
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