An impossible but entertaining tale of love and adventure during the French Revolution. The "Scarlet Pimpernel" gay as ever rescues the dauphin from the Temple, is caught in the toils himself and finally rescues his own wife from the Committee of Safety.

In this particular adventure, Blakeney's adversary, Robespierre's head spy-master Chauvelin, lures the hero and his wife to France where a trap has been carefully prepared to catch and humiliate the Scarlet Pimpernel once and for all. Blakeney of course sees through the machinations from the beginning but is influenced by his own sense of honor and, one is aware, his love of adventure as much as by his desire to be of service to future victims of the Revolution. The narrative is exquisitely written, full of derring-do and melodramatic crises as well as ample romance.

The following Scarlet Pimpernel short stories about the are included: SIR PERCY EXPLAINS A QUESTION OF PASSPORTS TWO GOOD PATRIOTS THE OLD SCARECROW A FINE BIT OF WORK HOW JEAN PIERRE MET THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH THE TRAITOR THE CABARET DE LA LIBERTE "NEEDS MUST-" A BATTLE OF WITS

An armchair detective solves a series of short stories. By the author of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

I Will Repay The Elusive Pimpernel Lord Tony's Wife

Eldorado The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pimpernel and Rosemary"

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the "disguised superhero" tales such as Zorro and Batman.

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the name of a chivalrous Englishman in the time of the Terrors in France, who, with his band of gentlemen, rescues aristocrats before they can be killed by the violent government in revolutionary France. He is known by his symbol, a simple flower, the scarlet pimpernel. He succeeds by masterful use of disguises and strict secrecy of the group's movements. His identity is secret to all but his men. Marguerite Blakeney, French wife of a wealthy English dandy, is approached by the new French envoy to England with a threat to her brother's life if she does not aid in his...

His Majesty's Well-Beloved An Episode in the Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton as told by his Friend John Honeywood By Baroness Orczy Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi; 23 September 1865 - 12 November 1947, was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright and artist of noble origin. She is most known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.