The Scarlet Pimpernel’s legend leaps forward to the twentieth century. A prologue set in July 1916 finds a woman sewing secret papers into the linings of khaki tunics; the story that follows sends Peter Blakeney, heir to Sir Percy’s name and nerve, into the turmoil of Central Europe after the war, where a proud Hungarian girl and her imprisoned brother need a rescuer.
Orczy’s late attempt to carry her famous hero’s spirit into her own century, for readers who want the Pimpernel’s dash in a new setting. Download the free EPUB.