The Scarlet Pimpernel
$34.79
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2005
Summary
The Terror has begun.
Paris, 1792. Each day scores of the French nobility feed the guillotine. They are trapped in the capital. There is no escape.
But rumours whisper of a league of young English gentleman of unparalleled daring who are risking their lives to spirit aristocrats across the Channel. They leave no trace behind them except a note from the Scarlet Pimpernel.
The ruthless spy master Chauvelin is determined to stop the rescuers by fair means or foul, and, de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340894989 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340894989 |
| Author: | Baroness Orczy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Anyone who feels that their outward manner is but a travesty of their inner self can hardly fail to respond to THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL’ - Independent
Anyone who feels that their outward manner is but a travesty of their inner self can hardly fail to respond to THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL’ - Independent
Baroness Orczy
Baroness Orczy was the daughter of a musician. Educated in Paris and Brussels, she then studied art in London, where she exhibited some of her work at the Royal Academy. The Scarlet Pimpernel was the first success in her long writing career which encompassed both plays and novels.
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