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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
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.
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A British romantic adventure film based on the novels by Baroness Orczy. It follows the Scarlet Pimpernel, a secret hero who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine, and his love story with Marguerite St. Just.
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: Directed by Harold Young. With Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce. A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Feb 4, 2017 · The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon.
- 93 min
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