Scarlet Pimpernel

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About the author

Baroness Emma Orczy shot to fame when The Scarlet Pimpernel was performed as a play at London's New Theatre in 1905. Published in the same year, the novel marked the genesis of the masked-avenger genre, inspiring a host of other characters such as Zorro and Batman.

Product details

• Authors: Baroness Orczy, Orczy Baroness
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9780008278762
• ISBN: 978-0-00-827876-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, European History, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Legal, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Espionage and secret services, Special and elite forces, Classic fiction: general and literary, Aiding escape & evasion