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The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947

BookID: 5805

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

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

Description

"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy is a collection of short stories published in 1919. This sequel to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" follows Sir Percy Blakeney through eleven adventures set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror in 1793. Each tale chronicles daring rescues of aristocrats and citizens from the guillotine's shadow, featuring desperate mothers searching for stolen children, trapped families facing massacres, and league members whose loyalty wavers under pressure in Revolutionary Paris. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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