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Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. But the ruthless French agent Chauvelin is sworn to discover his identity and to hunt him down.

Det är den franska revolutionen och den förmögna sir Percival Blakeney ägnar sig åt att rädda franska adelsmän från giljotinen.Percival måste hålla sin identitet okänd och går under namnet Röda nejlikan. Namnet får han eftersom han lämnar efter sig ett kort med en röd nejlika på, för att håna sina motståndare. Hans riktiga identitet blir snabbt ett hett samtalsämne och de franska myndigheterna gör allt för att ta reda på vem som gömmer sig bakom namnet Röda nejlikan. Som tur är har Percival en grupp vänner som hjälper honom att hålla hans identitet hemlig. Men när hans giftermål med den vackra skådespelerskan Marguerite St. sätts på prov äventyras hans planer.Emma Orczy (1865 - 1947) var en ungerskfödd engelsk författare och artist. Hon är mest känd för Den röda nejlikan och sin konst som visats upp på Royal Academy i London.

This action packed adventure edition tells the story of the heroic Sir Percy Blakeney and his friends and helpers, especially their exploits in rescuing various aristocrats and French citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Sir Percy Explains A Question of Passports Two Good Patriots The Old Scarecrow A Fine Bit of Work How Jean-Pierre Met the Scarlet Pimpernel Out of the Jaws of Death The Traitor The Cabaret de la Liberté Needs Must Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Fie, Sir Percy! The Principal Witness The Stranger from Paris Fly-By-Night The Lure of the Old Chateau In the Tiger''s Den The Little Doctor The Chief''s Way

For young and pretty Fleurette the revolution seems far away until an aristocratic neighbouring family is threatened. Now, the dangers are all too real, and she is accused of being a traitor. Fleurette''s father is ironically Armand Chauvelin, the infamous prosecutor and a man who sent many people on the guillotine. For the first time the villainous agent is forced to ask his arch-enemy, the heroic Scarlet Pimpernel, for help.

It is the fall of 1793, the dark days of the Revolution, and the Reign of Terror has taken many lives. The fragile child of the de Croissy''s is ill and they must take him in countryside, on doctor''s recommendations. However the travel permits are required and they are impossible to get. A friend of a couple, lovely Jossete, thinks of a way out and summons a heroic Scarlet Pimpernel to the rescue.

"The Scarlet Pimpernel" - Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution The Scarlet Pimpernel is the tale of Sir Percy Blakeney, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. He is known by his symbol, a simple flower, the scarlet pimpernel. Marguerite Blakeney, his French wife, does not share his secret. She is approached by the new French envoy to England with a threat to her brother''s life if she does not aid in the search for the Pimpernel. "Sir Percy Leads the Band" - It is January of 1793 and the Reign of Terror has already taken many lives. Scarlet Pimpernel and his gang of friends and helpers camouflage themselves as a wandering musical group, in order to rescue wrongly accused family from execution. But their bitter enemy Chauvelin is on their trail, and he is ready to go beyond blackmailing and bribery just to get Sir Percy.

Mam''zelle Guillotine follows Gabrielle Damiens, the daughter of Francois Damiens, a man arrested and executed for attacking the King of France with a pocket knife. When the French Revolution begins she is released from the Bastille after 16 years in prison. Mad for revenge, Gabrielle works her way into the favor of the men behind the republic, and soon becomes the public executioner of Artois, known as Mam''zelle Guillotine. When a new sleuth from Paris arrives to track down the English spies who want to stop her, Gabrielle doesn''t realize it is actually the Scarlet Pimpernel.

During one return home, Sir Percy tells the story of André Vallon, a young Jacobin, to the Prince of Wales. André, wishing to revenge himself on a despotic seigneur, uses the Jacobins'' rise to force the seigneur''s daughter to marry him. Once wed, they come to love each other, only to have the old seigneur denounce André in an attempt to free his daughter.

Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist- the Scarlet Pimpernel.