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The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with her husband Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
- 1905
Nov 9, 1982 · A TV movie based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Ian McKellen. It follows the adventures of a mysterious English nobleman who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Clive Donner
- 1982-11-09
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St.
Jul 18, 2024 · The Scarlet Pimpernel, romantic novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, produced as a play in 1903 and published in book form in 1905. The novel’s protagonist, Sir Percy Blakeney, ostensibly a foppish English aristocrat, is secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel, a swashbuckling hero and elusive master of.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A classic adventure drama film based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Leslie Howard stars as a nobleman who secretly rescues aristocrats from the French Revolution, while his wife (Merle Oberon) tries to uncover his identity.
The Scarlet Pimpernel: With Richard E. Grant, Ronan Vibert, Gerard Murphy, Ron Donachie. During the turmoil of the French Revolution, English aristocrat Percy Blakeney, often aided by his League of friends, secretly undertakes various daring missions as the Scarlet Pimpernel.