| The Scarlet Pimpernel Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Orczy, Emmuska (Author), Happenstand, Gary (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0451527623 ISBN-13: 9780451527622 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: May 2000 Annotation: The year is 1792. The French Revolution, driven to excess by its own triumph, has turned into a reign of terror. Daily, tumbrels roll over the cobbled streets of Paris bearing new victims to the insatiable Madame Guillotine.... Thus the stage is set for one of the most enthralling novels of historical adventure ever written. The mysterious figure known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, sworn to rescue helpless men, women, and children from their doom; his implacable foe, the French agent Chauvelin, relentlessly hunting him down; and the lovely Lady Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French exile married to an English lord and caught in a terrible conflict of loyalties -- all play their parts in a suspenseful tale that ranges from the squalid slums of Paris to the aristocratic salons of London, from intrigue on a great English country estate to the final denouement on the cliffs of the French coast. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | Romance - Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.2" W x 6.7" (0.34 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 544 Reading Level: 8.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A timeless novel of adventure, intrigue, and romance is sparked by one man's defiance in the face of authority... The year is 1792. The French Revolution, driven to excess by its own triumph, has turned into a reign of terror. Daily, tumbrels bearing new victims to the guillotine roll over the cobbled streets of Paris.... Thus the stage is set for one of the most enthralling novels of historical adventure ever written. The mysterious figure known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, sworn to rescue helpless men, women, and children from their doom; his implacable foe, the French agent Chauvelin, relentlessly hunting him down; and lovely Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French exile married to an English lord and caught in a terrible conflict of loyalties--all play their parts in a suspenseful tale that ranges from the squalid slums of Paris to the aristocratic salons of London, from intrigue on a great English country estate to the final denouement on the cliffs of the French coast. There have been many imitations of The Scarlet Pimpernel, but none has ever equaled its superb sense of color and drama and its irresistible gift of wonderfully romantic escape. With an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand |