The Scarlet Pimpernel
$32.80
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
9 November 2005
Summary
The Scarlet Pimpernel: A Daring Rescue from the Terror
Paris, 1792. The Reign of Terror grips the city as the guillotine claims the lives of French nobility daily. Escape seems impossible.
Yet, whispers circulate of a league of daring English gentlemen, risking everything to smuggle aristocrats across the Channel, leaving behind only the enigmatic mark of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Chauvelin, the ruthless spy master, vows to crush this rebellion by any means necessary. O…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340894989 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340894989 |
| Author: | Baroness Orczy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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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
About The Author
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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