The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Buchbeschreibung

This is a sequel to "The Scarlet Pimpernel." The Scarlet Pimpernel represents both a five-petalled flower and an English Lord named Percy Blakeney. Percy uses that as a secret code in France to safely transport aristocrats and their families into England to escape the French Revolution and the guillotine. This book contains a series of adventures in which the Scarlet Pimpernel battles Chauvelin, the chairman of the Committee for Safety, which regulates the guards, spies, jails, Surete, and guillotine. The book contains the following stories: Sir Percy Explains - A Question of Passports - Two Good Patriots - The Old Scarecrow - A Fine Bit of Work - How Jean Pierre Met the Scarlet Pimpernel - Out of the Jaws of Death - The Traitor - The Cabaret De La Liberte - "Needs Must —" - A Battle of Wits.