author: emmuska orczy

But of only one thing could those who sought him be sure. They knew all too well the symbol of his presence, the blood-red flower known as the Scarlet Pimpernel.

... moor at this time of night. But, dear me, what's this? Somebody hurt? Not — don't tell me that it is our friend Sir Henry!” He hurried past me and stooped over the dead man. I heard a sharp intake of his breath and the cigar fell from ...

... sea, so he became aware that mighty forces from somewhere beyond his ken were urging themselves up against his soul ... chords, and yet somehow the music was what can only be described as impure — atrociously and diabolically impure. And ...

... sea, so he became aware that mighty forces from somewhere beyond his ken were urging themselves up against his soul ... chords, and yet somehow the music was what can only be described as impure — atrociously and diabolically impure. And ...

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, first published in 1922, is the last book in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel's adventures.

The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792, during the early stages of the French Revolution.

First published in 1905, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is notable for its introduction to literature of a hero with a secret identity. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

... word: 'Ready.' “Was it intuition or inspiration, I know not; certain it is that I knew in my innermost soul, that the voice I heard at that moment, was that of the Scarlet Pimpernel. I can't tell you how I knew, but I did know, and I ...

... brother, polite towards her, secretly uneasy at the state of things between his father and himself. She would never have guessed the concealed romance which lay perdu under that every- day behaviour. She had always wished to come into ...