Orczy Baroness - The Scarlet Pimpernel - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Designed to appeal to the book lover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. The French Revolution is in full swing and the aristocracy are being sent to the guillotine in their hundreds. In the shadows English dandy Sir Peter Blakeney working under his alter ego the Scarlet Pimpernel is breaking the condemned out of prison and leaving his distinctive calling card a picture of a red flower to torment the French authorities. A master of disguise infamous escape artist and flamboyant swordsman his identity is such a closely guarded secret that even his wife is in the dark. But with enemy agents on close his tail his failure to trust her might be his undoing. The very first hero with a secret identity the Scarlet Pimpernel is a worthy precursor to Zorro and Batman. His daring antics (and undeniable flair) are just as delightful today as they were a century ago.
Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Author(s): Orczy Baroness
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781509835744
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 1/16/2018
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Category: Historical Adventure