The Elusive Pimpernel - Softcover

Orczy, Emmuska; Orczy, Baroness

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605121541 ISBN 13: 9781605121543

Publisher: Akasha Classics, 2008

Synopsis

The Elusive Pimpernel is a swashbuckling tale of treachery and adventure set amongst the tumult of post-revolutionary France. Chauvelin has been unable to get his hands on Sir Percy Blakeney, the English aristocrat who smuggles French nobles away from the clutches of the vengeful revolutionary government. He travels to England in a dastardly plot to lure Blakeney to France for a duel. Blakeney is confident he can outwit Chauvelin as usual, but Chauvelin plays on the Scarlet Pimpernel's one weakness - his love for his beautiful wife, Marguerite. The second of Baroness Orczy's novels to feature the Scarlet Pimpernel, The Elusive Pimpernel will keep you on the edge of your seat.

About this title

About the Author:

Baroness Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, the daughter of Baron Felix Orczy, a landed aristocrat and well-known composer and conductor. Orczy moved with her parents from Budapest to Brussels and Paris, where she was educated. She studied art in London and exhibited work in the Royal Academy. She married Montagu Barstow and together they worked as illustrators and jointly published an edition of Hungarian folk tales. Orczy became famous in 1905 with the publication of The Scarlet Pimpernel (originally a play co-written with her husband). Its background was the French Revolution and its swashbuckling hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, was to prove immensely popular. Sequel books followed and film and TV versions were later made. Orczy also wrote detective stories which still prove popular and are equally acclaimed within this genre. She died in 1947.

About this edition

• Publisher: Akasha Classics
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1605121541
• ISBN 13: 9781605121543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308