TY - BOOK AU - Orczy,Emmuska Orczy,Baroness TI - The Elusive Pimpernel AV - PR PY - 2001/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction KW - Adventure stories KW - Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction KW - Nobility -- Great Britain -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elusive_Pimpernel_(novel); Release date is 2001-08-01; Produced by J.C. Byers, L.M. Shaf, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Elusive Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a novel published in 1908. Set in September 1793, French agent Chauvelin plots his revenge against the legendary Scarlet Pimpernel. Using a young actress as bait, he lures Sir Percy Blakeney into an elaborate trap that forces him to France and lands his wife Marguerite in prison. With citizens threatened and escape seemingly impossible, Chauvelin believes he's finally cornered his elusive enemy in this classic adventure of deception and daring. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2785 ER -