The Elusive Pimpernel (Annotated)

The Elusive Pimpernel continues Baroness Orczy's celebrated Scarlet Pimpernel cycle, returning to the perilous theatre of Revolutionary France and the ingenious English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney. Blending historical romance, adventure, and melodrama, the novel stages a contest of wit between Percy and his pursuers, especially the implacable Chauvelin. Its style is brisk, theatrical, and suspen...