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    The Scarlet Pimpernel
    The Scarlet Pimpernel
    The Scarlet Pimpernel
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    Written by Baroness Orczy

    Narrated by Michael Page

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    Perhaps the most famous alias of all time, The Scarlet Pimpernel hides the identity of a British nobleman who, masked by various disguises, leads a band of young men to undermine the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution.

    The Scarlet Pimpernel makes daring raid after daring raid into the heart of France to save aristocrats condemned to the guillotine. At each rescue, he leaves his calling card: a small, blood-red flower—a pimpernel—mocking the power of Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety.

    Having been told that his own wife was an informer who delivered an aristocrat into the hands of the Committee, the Scarlet Pimpernel must keep his identity and work a secret while he struggles against the love he feels for her. Until the day her own brother is taken prisoner.…

    This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 19, 2015
    ISBN9781491587034
    Author

    Baroness Orczy

    Baroness Emma Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, the daughter of the composer Baron Félix Orczy de Orci. The Orczy family, fearing a peasant revolution, left their country estate for Budapest in 1868 and settled in London in 1880. There Emma attended art school and met her future husband, a clergyman’s son, Montague MacLean Barstow. Following the birth of their only child, she began writing historical novels and plays to supplement his low income. The Scarlet Pimpernel was her first play (and third novel) and proved an enormous success in both mediums. Orczy went on to pen over a dozen sequels, as well as many other novels. She died in Oxfordshire in 1947.

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      The narrator was superb!! Many times while listening to this book, I laughed out loud at his brilliant impersonations. Excellent, and I absolutely recommend this version over others!!!

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      Read with a storyteller's voice. My 13-year-old enjoys enough to read/ listen to more than his required chapters. This audiobook draws you in like no other version.