2.5
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Baroness Orczy's first historical fiction book, The Scarlet Pimpernel, was released in 1905. It was written following a successful run in London of her theater play of the same name (co-written with Montague Barstow), which had premiered in Nottingham in 1903. The French Revolution had just begun when the book takes place, and it takes place during the Reign of Terror. The protagonist and hero of the novel, an honorable Englishman who spares nobility from execution, goes by the name in the title. Orczy frequently referenced historical persons and events while freely adapting them in her writing. Marguerite St. Just, a stunning French actress, marries affluent English fop Sir Percy Blakeney, baronet, in the early years of the French Revolution in 1792. Prior to their union, Marguerite exacted retribution on the Marquis de St. Cyr for having ordered her brother to be whipped for having feelings for the Marquis' daughter, which unintentionally led to the Marquis and his sons being executed by guillotine. When Percy learned the truth, he and his wife split up. Marguerite, on the other hand, grew tired of Percy's vapid, snobbish way of life.
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2.5
“1792, set in the French Revolution where the French are being slayed viciously without cause but there’s an English vigilante, fouling the French police and bringing innocent French people into England right underneath the nose of a French policemen who wants to find this Nobel-man and send him to the guillotine, your telling me that the lovely and smartest girl married a complete fool who loved fashion and her more, but was heartbroken and cold to her and that she fell in love with the scarlet-pimpernel before knowing he’s true identity. And honestly this actually wasn’t bad kept me on my toes and for a classic is was ok easy to read I liked it and it cave classic adventure.”
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