The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #1
A dashing English spy hides his heroic identity from his own wife — who is spying on him for France.
Description
In 1792, while aristocrats were being mowed down in France by the guillotine, a courageous Englishman hid his identity under the guise of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," and led a band of twenty noblemen in an attempt to save as many of the French aristocracy as possible.
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