- Paperback: 225 pages
- Publisher: House of Stratus; New edition edition (30 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755111141
- ISBN-13: 978-0755111145
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 794,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: English fiction; France; Fiction / Action
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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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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the shorter books in the series and it unusual in that the Scarlet Pimpernel and his league barely feature. Twenty chapters into the book (there are just over thirty), the pimpernel has appeared in only a couple of chapters and there have been no references to any other individual members of the league.
You might think that this would make the book less interesting. You would be wrong. I've barely been able to put the book down. The main characters in the story are wonderfully rounded and it is a great tale of how loyalty to one's family can so easily be tested by love and loyalty to another person.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Baroness Orczy is an amazing lady who has won the hearts of many with her writings of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel!
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good adventure and page-turning tale.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good adventure and page-turning tale.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Suspense and betrayal around every corner...
9 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
Imagine falling in love with the one person whose life you've sworn to destroy. That's the story of Juliette Marny in this thrilling continuation of the SP series. Having taken a blood oath to avenge her brother's accidental death, Juliette betrays the popular Citizen-Deputy Paul Derolede only to discover that he is the only man she will ever love. Of course, our favorite hero, Sir Percy steps in to help Juliette out of her jam when all hope seems lost. But will our elusive pimpernel acutally succeed this time? This book contains page after page of suspense you won't want to put down!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Almost as good as the original
5 Aug 1999
Format:Audio Cassette
Although Percy only appears briefly in this book, Marguerite only as imagined by Percy, and Chauvelin not at all, this book is definately worthy of it's predicessor. A young girl is bound by an oath forced on her by a mentally unstable father to avenge the murder of her brother in 1783. Ten years later, her intended victim rescues her from a mob and she secures the oppertunity to denounce her sworn enemy to the Committee of Public Safety, only to discover that she has fallen in love with him. This book only lacks one thing the rest of the series has: Chauvelin.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Only imagine
4 Aug 2001
Format:Hardcover
This book is great for a few reasons, namely that it focuses more on someone OTHER than the Pimpernel (don't get me wrong -he's cool, too, but it's not really his story).
This time, SP is only a help in a story where Juliette Marny (the heroine) is determined to right a wrong done to her brother (alas, deceased). When the opportunity comes, she takes it, only to find that she has fallen for the man she swore to bring down. So does it work out?
It all takes a little thinking, some tender memories and lots of pluck from Sir Percy, our heroine and her beloved, with Chauvelin and the revolutionary tribunal on their heels to make a great read.
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