Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

  1. The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with her husband Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.

    • Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
    • 1905
  2. Mar 8, 2006 · The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Adventure. In Best Books Ever Listings. In Movie Books. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

    • Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947
    • English
    • Conway Yee and David Widger
    • The Scarlet Pimpernel
  3. The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine.

    • (136.1K)
    • Paperback
    • Emmuska Orczy
  4. Introducing the notion of a "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture, the Scarlet Pimpernel exhibits characteristics that would become standard superhero conventions, including the penchant for disguise, use of a signature weapon (sword), ability to out-think and outwit his adversaries, and a calling card (he leaves behind a scarlet ...

  5. Get all the key plot points of Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.

  6. Jun 7, 2024 · Baroness Emmuska Orczy (born September 23, 1865, Tarnaörs, Hungary—died November 12, 1947, London, England) was a Hungarian-born British novelist chiefly remembered as the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, one of the greatest popular successes of the 20th century.

  7. People also ask

  8. The mysterious figure known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, sworn to rescue helpless men, women, and children from their doom; his implacable foe, the French agent Chauvelin, relentlessly hunting him down; and lovely Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French exile married to an English lord and caught in a terrible conflict of loyalties—all play ...

  1. People also search for