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It is 1794 and paris had remained a city of pleasure, with the knife of the guillotine dropping less frequently. An adventure of the scarlet pimpernel baroness emmuska orczy orczy 93 downloads. The main characters of this classics, historical story are sir percy blakeney, marguerite st. The scarlet pimpernel narrates the story of a rich english baronet who rescues french aristocrats facing the guillotine. In the year 1792, sir percy and lady marguerite blakeney are the darlings of british societyhe is known as one of the wealthiest men in england and a dimwit. A story of the scarlet pimpernel download pdfepub ebook. The laughing cavalier is a 19 adventure novel by baroness orczy, which revolves around percy blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of orczys famous character, the scarlet pimpernel. Includes information on the book series etexts, images of movies, sounds, history and more. The edition places the book the scarlet pimpernel within the context of the elite and popular literature of the turn of the century.
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