Author : Baroness Emma Orczy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Elusive Pimpernel Illustrated by : Baroness Emma Orczy
Download or read book The Elusive Pimpernel Illustrated written by Baroness Emma Orczy and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elusive Pimpernel By Baroness Orczy First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title Nouveaux Exploits du Mouron Rouge. It was adapted into a silent film The Elusive Pimpernel in 1919.It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin travels to England as an official representative of the French government tasked with looking after the interests of French citizens, but this is only a cover and his real purpose is to trick Sir Percy Blakeney into returning to France, where he can be captured and put to the guillotine.