Scarlet Pimpernel

Facsimile Reprint Edition

Paperback, 258 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-4794-1639-4
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4 stars (1 review)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.

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A classic I actively enjoyed!

4 stars

The original story that sparked the trope of "rich man has secret identity in which he is a hero".

I was on the fence about reading this one. It was highly recommended, but I'm always super hesitant when it comes to older books, especially ones that are deemed as classics, due to the face that I don't find them enjoyable to read. So I pushed this one off until I finally felt I was up to the task. And oh did this book take me by surprise!

It has a little bit of everything. You have intrigue, you have suspense, you even have a little romance thrown in. The main thing that I would say it was lacking was a good ol' fight, but a lot of that comes from the later iterations of the trope like Zorro or Batman. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a hero, but he uses his …