It is Paris, 1793, the most seething time of the revolution. No one knew in the morning if his head would still be on his shoulders in the evening, or if it would be held up by citizen Samson the headsman, for the sans-culottes of Paris to see. However, the Scarlet Pimpernel,...
I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band...
"Coward! Coward! Coward!"The words rang out, clear, strident, passionate, in a crescendo of agonised humiliation.The boy, quivering with rage, had sprung to his feet, and, losing his balance, he fell forward clutching at the table, whilst with a convulsive movement of the lids,...
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I Will Repay is a historical fiction novel written by Baroness Orczy, first published in 1906. The story is set in the aftermath of the French Revolution and follows the character of Sir Percy Blakeney, also known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. Sir Percy is a British aristocrat who...
I Will Repay is a classic historical novel written by Baroness Orczy. The story is set in Paris during the French Revolution and follows the adventures of Sir Percy Blakeney, a British aristocrat who disguises himself as the Scarlet Pimpernel to rescue French aristocrats from...
Prologue I -Lache lache, lache ... Ces mots retentirent, clairs, stridents, passionnes, dans un crescendo d'ardente indignation. Le jeune homme, tremblant de rage, s'etait dresse d'un bond. Penche au-dessus de la table de jeu, il essaya encore de crier l'insulte a l'homme qui...
It is Paris, 1793, the most seething time of the revolution. No one knew in the morning if his head would still be on his shoulders in the evening, or if it would be held up by citizen Samson the headsman, for the sans-culottes of Paris to see. However, the Scarlet Pimpernel,...
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The author of I Will Repay is Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Before the French revolution, in 1784, the narrative begins. Rich Paul D?roul?de insulted the youthful Vicomte de Marny by referring to his most recent fling, Ad?le de Monterch?ri. D?roul?de had no intention of becoming involved...
This is another great book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, the British-Hungarian novelist, creator of dozens of historical novels of the times of the French Revolution in the XVIII Century. She is best remembered for her main character, Sir Percy Blakeney, AKA The Scarlet Pimpernel,...