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It is Paris, 1794, and Robespierre's revolution is inflicting its reign of terror. The elusive Scarlet Pimpernel is still at large - so far. But the sinister agent Chauvelin has taken prisoner his darling Marguerite. Will she act as a decoy and draw the Scarlet Pimpernel to the enemy? And will our dashing hero evade capture and live to enjoy a day 'when tyranny was crushed and men dared to be men again'.
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Baroness Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, the daughter of Baron Felix Orczy, a landed aristocrat and well-known composer and conductor. Shemoved with her parents from Budapest to Brussels and then Paris, where she was educated. Orczy alsostudied art in London and exhibited work atthe Royal Academy. Later sheMontagu Barstow and together they worked as illustrators and jointly published an edition of Hungarian folk tales. Fame came in1905 with the publication of The Scarlet Pimpernel, which was originally a play co-written with her husband. Its background of Revolution in France and swashbuckling hero, 'Sir Percy Blakeney', was to prove immensely popular. Sequels followed and many years later film and TV versions are enduringly popular, with new productions from time to time. However, Orczy alsoalso wrote detective stories which have a following today amongst those intersted in the genre. She died in 1947.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After a slow start (the part in all the books before Sir Percy comes on the scene) this book really takes off as it launches into the last days of the terror and the fall of Robespierre. Using the time honoured narrative device of placing a fictional protagonist at the heart of a real historical event, Baroness Orczy brilliantly shows how the dashing Scarlet Pimpernel was able to emply his wit, ingenuity and daring to invisibly orchestrate the fall of "the seagreen incorruptible."
Fans of the series should be happy to note that Chauvelin is once again the main villain, despite the books setting around the events of Thermidor in which he obviously has no historical place, and this is where the book truly succeeds. Yes, disregarding the ingeniuos fusion of fact and fiction what really makes this book great is the fact that it is the final confrontation between the two nemesis and although in the grand scale of things the fall of Robespierre is certain throughout, the intimate dual between the two foes has no certain conclusion.
Fans of the series should be happy to note that Chauvelin is once again the main villain, despite the books setting around the events of Thermidor in which he obviously has no historical place, and this is where the book truly succeeds. Yes, disregarding the ingeniuos fusion of fact and fiction what really makes this book great is the fact that it is the final confrontation between the two nemesis and although in the grand scale of things the fall of Robespierre is certain throughout, the intimate dual between the two foes has no certain conclusion.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
A great finale
9 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
This is Percy's last adventure of the Revolution. I must admit that I was glad that the man was finally going to get some time to go home to England and sit on his can! His wife must have been getting pretty lonely by then. Anyway, the Pimpernel's last escapade is a wow! He must help a misguided young French actress who is duped into Chauvelin's service. Several young counter-revolutionaries are also in trouble, as is Marguerite, per usual. As Percy plots to spring his wife, he stages lots of daring escapes and wears some classic disguises. Poor Chauvelin is on the verge of complete mental collapse by now, having been duped countless times, and the humiliating situation in which he is left at the end will make the reader guffaw out loud. Orczy paints an amazingly vivid portrait of Robespierre's fall and the end of that bloody revolution.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
a triumphant ending
25 Jan 2001
Format:Hardcover
Triumph is an excellent ending to an excellent series. Sir Percy has to face his most difficult challenge. One that will bring him face to face with his most implacable enemey, and also save the life of the woman he adores. Full of Pimpernel wit and audacity, this is a must for all Pimpernel fans!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Enjoyable, not excellent
11 Nov 2001
Format:Hardcover
Triumph is the first SP book I've read after the original story. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't excellent. I found the beginning to be very drawn out; it took me a very long time to read the first 75 pages or so, before it got going. Once it did start, (with Theresia and SP meeting for the first time) I found it to be fast paced, and I looked forward to reading it. However, the long beginning brought it down to a 3 star book for me. Also, the ending wasn't really explained at all...one second, literally, Robespierre is the tyrant in charge, next paragraph, well, no spoiler, but suffice to say he's not. Even in real life, the change was not so dramatic, and surely Orczy could have written a page or two more explaination.
Furthermore, I was disappointed that while St. Just, Andrew, and Tony were mentioned, that was about it; they were barely in the picture at all.
A fun adventure.....but not much more than that.
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