The Complete Scarlet Pimpernel Collection

by Emmuska Orczy

The Complete Scarlet Pimpernel Collection We’re proud to have collated the entire set of Baroness Emma Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel works with illustrations, to bring you in one easy to navigate volume:
• 11 novels
• 2 collections of short stories
• 3 related books
• 10 unique illustrations
This unique and exhaustive collection contains:
1. The Scarlet Pimpernel - set in 1792, during the early stages of the French Revolution, the "League of the Scarlet Pimpernel", a secret society of twenty English aristocrats, engaged in rescuing their French counterparts from the daily executions of the Reign of Terror. Their leader, the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, takes his nickname from the small red flower he draws on his messages. Despite being the talk of London society, only his followers know the Pimpernel's true identity.
2. I Will Repay - set in 1784, before the French revolution, wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrespectfully of his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri .
3. The Elusive Pimpernel - 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 .
4. The Laughing Cavalier - set in Holland in 1623, this book revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel who goes by the name Diogenes .
5. Eldorado - set in 1794, the Scarlet Pimpernel reluctantly agrees to take Armand St. Just, brother of his wife, Marguerite, with him to France as part of a plan to rescue the young Dauphin.
6. Lord Tony's Wife - set in 1789, Pierre Adet, a young French peasant, is incensed at the unfair treatment of the local peasantry, who are no better off than slaves to the local aristocrat. His brother-in-law is about to be hanged for poaching two pigeons from the woods belonging to the Duc de Kernogan in Nantes and this proves the final straw .
7. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel - eleven short stories about the Scarlet Pimpernel’s exploits in rescuing aristocrats from the clutches of the guillotine.
8. The First Sir Percy - set in Holland in 1624, another adventure featuring Sir Percy Blake .
9. The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel - set I n April 1794, Theresia Cabarrus is a beautiful but shallow Spaniard who is betrothed to Citizen Tallien the popular Representative in the Convention and one of Robespierre's inner circle .
10. Pimpernel and Rosemary -set after the First World War and features Peter Blakeney, a descendant of the Scarlet Pimpernel .
11. Sir Percy Hits Back - for young and pretty Fleurette the revolution seems far away until an aristocratic neighbouring family is threatened. Now, the dangers are all too real, and she is accused of being a traitor. Can her father save her?.
12. The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel - eight short stories about the Scarlet Pimpernel’s adventures.
13. A Child of the Revolution - tells the story of André Vallon, a young Jacobin, to the Prince of Wales .
14. The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel - featuring the Pimpernel's arch enemy Chauvelin as well as introducing the Austrian Baron de Batz, a real historical figure .
15. Sir Percy Leads the Band - set in January and February 1793 and follows on from the original Scarlet Pimpernel book.
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4400 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 18, 2017

About the author

Full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi was a Hungarian-British novelist, best remembered as the author of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1905). Baroness Orczy's sequels to the novel were less successful. She was also an artist, and her works were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. Her first venture into fiction was with crime stories. Among her most popular characters was The Old Man in the Corner, who was featured in a series of twelve British movies from 1924, starring Rolf Leslie.

Baroness Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary, as the only daughter of Baron Felix Orczy, a noted composer and conductor, and his wife Emma. Her father was a friend of such composers as Wagner, Liszt, and Gounod. Orczy moved with her parents from Budapest to Brussels and then to London, learning to speak English at the age of fifteen. She was educated in convent schools in Brussels and Paris. In London she studied at the West London School of Art. Orczy married in 1894 Montague Barstow, whom she had met while studying at the Heatherby School of Art. Together they started to produce book and magazine illustrations and published an edition of Hungarian folktales.

Orczy's first detective stories appeared in magazines. As a writer she became famous in 1903 with the stage version of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

Reviews

[Dulcie · Rating 5 out of 5]

And how many times I read this book over and over, I can never get enough.......