The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness (1865–1947).

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"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy is a collection of short stories published in 1919. This sequel to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" follows Sir Percy Blakeney through eleven adventures set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror in 1793. Each tale chronicles daring rescues of aristocrats and citizens from the guillotine's shadow, featuring desperate mothers searching for stolen children, trapped families facing massacres, and league members whose loyalty wavers under pressure in Revolutionary Paris.

Book and edition facts

• Title: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
• Author credits: Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness (1865–1947)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Adventure stories
• Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• British -- France -- Fiction
• France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction
• Historical fiction

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• Adventure
• Category: Adventure
• Category: British Literature
• Category: Historical Novels
• Movie Books

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