The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)

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By Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

A Pinch of Snuff by Baroness Orczy

Marguerite, Lady Blakeney, is powerless to intervene as her husband Sir Percy walks into a trap.

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The Pimpernel Fails to Show by Baroness Orczy

Lady Blakeney agrees to spy for the French Revolutionary government in return for her brother’s life.

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