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El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel

El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel

by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947

BookID: 1752

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Historical fictionFrance -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- FictionAdventure storiesBritish -- France -- Fiction

Description

"El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a novel published in 1913. This sequel to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" follows Sir Percy's daring mission to rescue the young Dauphin from revolutionary Paris in 1794. When Armand St. Just betrays Percy to save his beloved actress, the legendary hero finds himself imprisoned and tortured by his nemesis Chauvelin. Percy must use all his cunning to escape captivity and outwit his enemies in a desperate race to the coast. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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