Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 133 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1865 1947 Orczy, Baroness Emmuska Barstow, Montagu, Mrs. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_the_Scarlet_Pimpernel Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a historical novel written during the early 20th century. The book continues the adventures of the charming and elusive hero known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The narrative revolves around themes of heroism, sacrifice, and the struggle between revolutionaries and those seeking to save the oppressed, particularly aristocrats targeted for execution. The opening of the story introduces a scene of desperation and tragedy in revolutionary France, where a woman named Madeleine Lannoy is publicly humiliated while dancing for alms. The crowd is brutal and indifferent, and it is amidst this chaos that Sir Percy Blakeney, disguised as an Englishman, intervenes to rescue her. As she recounts her sorrowful tale of loss—her husband killed in the revolution and her child taken by the ruthless revolutionary Jean Paul Marat—Sir Percy pledges to help her find her son and regain control over her life. Meanwhile, the story is also steeped in the political tensions of the day, introducing characters like the menacing Chauvelin and the influential Marat as dangers that loom over Sir Percy and his noble mission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction Adventure stories British -- France -- Fiction Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Adventure Movie Books Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: British Literature 500708 2025-07-03T05:29:07.443950 text/html 500529 2025-01-09T20:41:11.106221 text/html 268322 2025-07-03T05:29:15.720927 application/epub+zip 274764 2025-07-03T05:29:10.482952 application/epub+zip 259695 2025-07-03T05:29:09.233896 application/epub+zip 489382 2025-07-03T05:29:19.695063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461838 2025-07-03T05:29:14.913899 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435820 2022-09-03T08:56:29.030933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454807 2025-07-03T05:29:07.042942 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 454723 2018-03-21T06:04:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19294 2025-07-03T05:29:19.846848 application/rdf+xml 14750 2025-07-03T05:29:09.832893 image/jpeg 3610 2025-07-03T05:29:09.576926 image/jpeg 171874 2018-03-21T06:04:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 265448 2025-07-03T05:29:07.480950 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia