Project Gutenberg 2016-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 104 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1865 1947 Orczy, Baroness Emmuska Barstow, Montagu, Mrs. The Scarlet Pimpernel. Dutch De Roode Pimpernel Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "De Roode Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, the story revolves around the enigmatic hero known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, who masterfully aids aristocrats seeking to escape the guillotine. The central figures include the daring Scarlet Pimpernel himself and his wife, Lady Blakeney, as they navigate a world filled with danger and intrigue. At the start of the novel, we are thrust into the chaotic atmosphere of Paris in September 1792, where the guillotine is wreaking havoc on supposed traitors to the Revolution. The narrative opens with a vivid description of a frenzied crowd eager to witness the executions of aristocrats, driven by revenge and hatred. We meet Sergeant Bibot, a diligent guard at one of the barricades, who prides himself on catching fleeing nobles attempting to escape. Whispers of a mysterious Englishman, the Scarlet Pimpernel, who has been rescuing these aristocrats, begin to circulate. As tensions rise, a sense of foreboding sets in, particularly when Bibot learns that one of his recent catches may have slipped through his grasp due to the cleverness of the elusive Pimpernel. This opening sets the stage for a gripping tale of heroism and cunning in the face of perilous times. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Historical fiction France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction Adventure stories British -- France -- Fiction Nobility -- Fiction Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 501337 501356 2024-09-21T16:59:54.736344 2023-09-22T13:30:08.210951 text/html text/html 507032 2016-05-29T09:57:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1063323 2016-05-29T09:57:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1160932 2024-09-21T17:00:05.910308 application/epub+zip 1159994 2024-09-21T16:59:57.301350 application/epub+zip 291115 2024-09-21T16:59:56.045352 application/epub+zip 1340848 2024-09-21T17:00:11.791249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1250339 2024-09-21T17:00:04.501282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360178 2022-09-23T19:42:36.587112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383640 383518 2024-09-21T16:59:52.989371 2023-09-22T13:30:06.343938 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 383306 2016-05-29T09:57:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 144257 2016-05-29T09:57:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20108 2024-09-21T17:00:11.956262 application/rdf+xml 26830 2024-09-21T16:59:56.192326 image/jpeg 3505 2024-09-21T16:59:56.107325 image/jpeg 1046815 2024-09-21T16:59:54.823338 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia