The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“Vaguely she began to wonder … which of these worldly men round her was the mysterious ‘Scarlet Pimpernel,’ who held the threads of such daring plots, and the fate of valuable lives in his hands.”In the early days of the bloody French Revolution, fleeing aristocrats are being captured and sent to the guillotine. But the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel – along with his band of English gentlemen – is outwitting the revolutionaries. Known only by his calling card, he arrives in disguise and smuggles the nobles out of danger to the safety of England. But can he guard his true identity forever, or will he give his life for his cause?

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Baroness Orczy

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Contents

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Copyright

History of William Collins

Life & Times

Chapter I: Paris: September, 1792

Chapter II: Dover: “The Fisherman’s Rest”

Chapter III: The Refugees

Chapter IV: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Chapter V: Marguerite

Chapter VI: An Exquisite Of ’92

Chapter VII: The Secret Orchard

Chapter VIII: The Accredited Agent

Chapter IX: The Outrage

Chapter X: In the Opera Box

Chapter XI: Lord Grenville’s Ball

Chapter XII: The Scrap of Paper

Chapter XIII: Either – Or?

Chapter XIV: One O’Clock Precisely!

Chapter XV: Doubt

Chapter XVI: Richmond

Chapter XVII: Farewell

Chapter XVIII: The Mysterious Device

Chapter XIX: The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chapter XX: The Friend

Chapter XXI: Suspense

Chapter XXII: Calais

Chapter XXIII: Hope