The Complete Escapades of The Scarlet Pimpernel-Volume 1: The Scarlet Pimpernel & I Will Repay Orczy Baroness
Volume One containing two adventures: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'& 'I Will Repay'Sir Percy Blakeney is not to be taken too seriously. In late 18th century England he is little more than a man given to…
Specifikacia The Complete Escapades of The Scarlet Pimpernel-Volume 1: The Scarlet Pimpernel & I Will Repay Orczy Baroness
Volume One containing two adventures: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'& 'I Will Repay'Sir Percy Blakeney is not to be taken too seriously. In late 18th century England he is little more than a man given to trivial pleasures, an aristocratic and wealthy fop, unconcerned with politics or events on the other side of the English Channel where the France of the Bourbons has been violently swept away by the zealots of revolution. What is it to Sir Percy that the 'Reign of Terror' has cast its shadow over all of France, or that the heads of innocents fall daily into the baskets of the guillotines of the Convention? Nothing? Well no, for Sir Percy is leading a double life with a dangerous secret identity. He is in reality the complete opposite of his apparently 'true' self. He is 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', an expert swordsman, a master of disguise, a dare-devil, quick-thinking