The Scarlet Pimpernel
$17.29
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
18 June 2018
Summary
Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series
“Every step the Scarlet Pimpernel takes on French soil is fraught with danger.”
The French Terror is raging, and few are safe from the threat of the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney, a foppish Englishman, decides to rescue imprisoned aristocrats before they can be executed. Showing great daring and aided by a band of brave comrades, he disguises himself as the formidable Scarlet Pimpernel. B…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241341339 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241341337 |
| Author: | Baroness Baroness Orczy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | The Penguin English Library |
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About The Author
Baroness Baroness Orczy
Emma Orczy was born into an aristocratic Hungarian family in 1865. After their estate was nearly destroyed by fire following a dispute with the local peasantry, the family left Hungary and lived in Brussels and Paris before settling in London, where Orczy studied art. Short of money, she turned to writing and in 1903 enjoyed wild success with the stage version of The Scarlet Pimpernel, which was a smash hit on the West End. Orczy’s novelisation was likewise successful and spawned many sequels, allowing her to live out her later years in style in England and Monte Carlo. She died in 1947.
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