Sir Percy Leads the Band (eBook)

The Scarlet Pimpernel Novels

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (Autor)

Rafat Allam (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
310 Seiten
Arabookverse Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-05-223899-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In Sir Percy Leads the Band, the Scarlet Pimpernel rises to new heights of daring as he wages a battle of wits against Revolutionary France. With Paris drowning in blood and suspicion, Sir Percy Blakeney rallies his loyal League of English gentlemen into a fearless brotherhood of rescuers. Disguises, secret signals, and midnight escapes become their weapons as they outmaneuver the Revolution's most ruthless leaders. But every mission pushes them deeper into danger, and the ever-watchful Chauvelin is determined to crush Percy's network once and for all. Filled with suspense, romance, and hair-raising escapades, this novel captures the Scarlet Pimpernel at his most heroic - leading not just with brilliance, but with unshakable loyalty to his cause and his friends.

Autor

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865–1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright, and artist, best remembered as the creator of the legendary hero The Scarlet Pimpernel. Born in Tarnaörs, Hungary, she moved to London in her youth and established herself in literary circles with her flair for romantic adventure and historical drama. Orczy's groundbreaking novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) introduced readers to Sir Percy Blakeney, the daring English aristocrat who, in disguise, rescued French nobles from the guillotine during the Revolution—an archetype that inspired countless masked and double-identity heroes in popular culture, from Zorro to Batman. Beyond the Pimpernel series, she penned detective stories such as The Old Man in the Corner, historical romances, and even works on Hungarian life and folklore. Her works combined suspense, wit, and a deep love for heroism, earning her international acclaim. Orczy continued writing until her final years, leaving behind a legacy as one of the pioneers of modern adventure and mystery fiction

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2025
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Schlagworte: aristocracy • baroness orczy • Brotherhood • Chauvelin • daring rescues • disguises • Espionage • French Revolution • Guillotine • heroism • Intrigue • League of the Scarlet Pimpernel • Loyalty • Paris • Revolutionary terror • scarlet pimpernel • secret signals • Sir Percy Blakeney • Sir Percy Leads the Band • Suspense • swashbuckling adventure
• ISBN-10: 1-05-223899-8 / 1052238998
• ISBN-13: 978-1-05-223899-3 / 9781052238993