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The story starts in Paris in April 1794, year II of the French Revolution. Theresia Cabarrus is a beautiful but shallow Spaniard who is betrothed to Citizen Tallien the popular Representative in the Convention and one of Robespierre's inner circle. She is credited with exercising... Read Full Overview

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Pepita had just admitted into her mistress's apartments a singular group, composed of two able-bodied men supporting a palsied one. One of the former was St. Just, one of the most romantic figures of the Revolutionary period, the confidant and intimate friend of Robespierre and... Read Full Overview

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a historical adventure novel written by Hungarian-born British author Emmuska Orczy. It was first published in 1922 and is the fourth book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series. The story follows the daring exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a British... Read Full Overview

En France, sous la Terreur, Bertrand Moncrif et ses amis Fatalistes, membres de l'aristocratie, sont sauv?s de la guillotine par les coups de mains audacieux d'un individu derri?re lequel se cache le Mouron rouge. Agissant sous divers d?guisements, il leur permet de trouver refuge... Read Full Overview

""The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel"" is a historical fiction novel written by Emmuska Orczy, first published in 1922. It is the fourth book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series, following the adventures of Sir Percy Blakeney, a British aristocrat who leads a secret group of Englishmen... Read Full Overview

""The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel"" is a historical novel written by Emmuska Orczy and published in 1922. It is the fourth book in the popular ""Scarlet Pimpernel"" series, which follows the adventures of a mysterious hero who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine... Read Full Overview

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a historical fiction novel written by Emmuska Orczy, first published in 1922. It is the fourth book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series, following the adventures of Sir Percy Blakeney, a British aristocrat who leads a secret society of Englishmen... Read Full Overview

""The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel"" is a historical adventure novel by Hungarian-British author Emmuska Orczy. It is the fourth book in the popular Scarlet Pimpernel series, following the adventures of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy Englishman who leads a secret double life... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

I Le 26 avril 1794 ou, si l'on pr f re, le 7 Flor al de l'an II du nouveau calendrier, trois femmes et un homme taient r unis dans une petite chambre aux rideaux jalousement ferm s, au premier tage d'une maison de la rue de la Planchette qui appartient un quartier de Paris... Read Full Overview