In 1783 young Vicomte de Marny is killed in a duel by Paul Déroulède, and his father makes his daughter Juliette swear to avenge him. Ten years later, in revolutionary Paris, Juliette enters Déroulède’s household as a guest, finds him a generous man who shelters royalists, and must decide whether to betray him to the Committee as the Scarlet Pimpernel works behind the scenes.
A Scarlet Pimpernel novel that puts love and vengeance at the centre, for readers who enjoy the Terror as melodrama. Download the free EPUB.