The Scarlet Pimpernel

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.

Product details

• Authors: Baroness Orczy, Baroness Orczy, Emmuska (Baroness) Orczy, Emmuska Baroness Orczy, Orczy Baroness
• Assisted by: Hilary Mantel (Introduction)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781509835744
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-3574-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 158 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, France, Historical adventure, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Action & Adventure, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Historical adventure fiction, Historical / General, C 1700 To C 1800, French Revolution, c 1790 to c 1799, Adventure / action fiction