El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel

by Emmuska Orczy, Emma Orczy, Baroness Orczy

Book Overview

There has of late years crept so much confusion into the mind of the student as well as of the general reader as to the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel with that of the Gascon Royalist plotter known to history as the Baron de Batz, that the time seems opportune for setting all doubts on that subject at rest. The identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel is in no way whatever connected with that of the Baron de Batz, and even superficial reflection will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515060624
• ISBN13: 9781515060628
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Will Sir Percy save....?😉🤨

MAN, Baroness Orczy hasn't let me down! I haven't read all the books in this series... yet... but this one was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO INTRIGUING!!!!!!! I ABSOULUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK!!! And the plot was GREAT (as usual)! I, of course, HIGHLY (LIKE 1,000,000,000%) RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!!!😁🤗🥰

A jolly good tale! ha ha! what!

This is perhaps the best Pimpernel tale I have read yet. Sir Percy Blakeney and his noble league of gentlemen attempt the rescue of "the most important life in France" in their battle against the Terror of the French republic. This time they are joined by Armand St Just, Marguerite's brother; but he compromises their scheme by unexpected love for an actress, disobeying orders in order to save her life. With disastrous consequences for his band, Sir Percy ends up stepping in to save them both. As usual, Chauvelin is after revenge on his arch-enemy, the Scarlet Pimpernel. But will he at last succeed? or will another Boulogne-type catastrophe ensue?A very good story indeed, with the usual flowing narrative from Orczy. The characters are interesting (Sir Percy in fine form) and the plots are compelling. But the most attractive aspect of this novel, as with all the Pimpernel stories, is the romance and sheer swashbuckling adventure.

Eldorado

Eldorado was one of the best Pimpernel books . It starts of slowly with Armand and a couple of new characters then Percy gets heavily envolved followed by Marguerite, Ffoukles, and of course Chauvelin.The end is really exciting and as usual very masterly done. The intrigue in this book rests on the person who Sir Percy is trying to rescue. (No it's not Marguerite)

Sleepless in Paris

When Armand St. Just falls in love, he must choose between his loyalty to the Scarlet Pimpernel and his passion for the woman of his dreams. The question is, how far will he go to protect her? Armand tells Percy, "You do not know what it is to love." And Percy agrees with him!By far, Eldorado is one of the Baroness' best works. However, the text has been heavily edited. There are sentences, paragraphs, and whole chapters that have been edited out.Still, the book is well worth the wait. The scene where Chauvelin teaches Percy how to spell the name "C-h-a-u-v-e-l-i-n" is priceless! Even edited, I'd rank it five stars!

"You do no know what it is to love."---St. Just

This is definatley one of the best in the Scarlet Pimpernel series, if not THE best of those I've read thus far (seeing that most of the books are out of print). The story greatly depends on the power of love, from friendship love to romantic love. For Armand St. Just, the brother-in-law of the incredulous Sir Percy Blakeney, love gets him into trouble and causes him to doubt his role in the league of the Pimpernel. For Blakeney, loves inspires him to keep up the fight, even when he is betrayed, captured, and tortured. And poor Magurite is left to try her best to love and assist her husband in whatever way she can. Chauvelin sinks to an ultimate low to take his revenge on our hero, and you REALLY start to wonder how Percy's gonna get himself out of this one!

As good as the original novel

In many ways this book is even better than the first novel in the series. It is better written and the characters are more fleshed out than in any "pimpernel" book that came before or after it. The beautiful relationship between Percy and Marguerite is at the heart of the story, which also heavily involves Armand Saint-Just, who is in trouble again. The depth of the league's love and devotion to Percy is also brought to the fore front as Percy is captured and tortured by Chauvelin and his goons. If you love Percy, get your kleenex ready before you begin the book, because some truly terrible methods of persuasion are used against our hero. There are some absolutely wonderful scenes between Percy and Marguerite as she visits him in the jail in a pretty sad state physically. The Baroness waxed on and on in the earlier chapters about how much the leaguers loved Percy, so when he's stuck in the Conciegerie being tormented, you just want to holler "WHERE'S THE FREAKIN'LEAGUE! GET HIM OUT OF THERE!"