Orczy, Baroness creator text cb London William Collins 2008 This William Collins paperback edition published in Great Britain in 2018 monographic eng

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316 pages : 18 cm During the French Revolution a secret society of English gentlemen is formed by the enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, to rescue their fellow French nobility. Marguerite's brother is threatened by a Frenchman, who demands information on the Scarlet Pimpernel in return for her brother's safety. Marguerite makes the exchange only to discover that her boring fop of a husband is the Pimpernel himself! She follows him to France and so each proves themselves to the other what they really are. 1140 Lexile Baroness Orczy Life and time Historical fiction Glossary of Classic Historical fiction PR6029.R25 823.912 9780008278762 FISKH 231205 20231205142410.0 2422 eng