The "League of the Scarlet Pimpernel" is a secret society made up of twenty English aristocrats. The commander is the so-called "Scarlet Pimpernel" but almost nobody knows his...
The Scarlet Pimpernel
"They seek him here... they seek him there..."It is the bloody height of the French Revolution. Men, women and children are put to death under the blade of the remorseless...
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the fthe French Revolution. The...
B. J. Harrison Reads A Question Of Passports
The Porte Montmartre is under citizen Bibot’s command and he is determined not to let anybody escape. When he finds out that Scarlet Pimpernel is planning his next rescue...
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel was first published in 1905 and has proved to be Orczy’s most famous and popular novel. The work was originally rejected by publishers, so she...
The Case Of Miss Elliott
In the title story, a young matron from a convalescent home is found dead in a quiet Maida Vale street. The Daily Telegraph ran an article headed “Murder or Suicide”...
The Nest Of The Sparrowhawk
Set in puritan Kent in 1657, the story focuses on the intrigues of Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse “as stiff a Roundhead as ever upheld my Lord Protector and his Puritanic...
A Bride Of The Plains
The story is set in Hungary and the scene is laid in a village close to the Maros.On this particular fourteenth of September it is Andor’s turn to go unwillingly into the...
The Emperor’s Candlesticks
The Emperor’s Candlesticks was first published in 1899, shortly after the author had given birth to her only son. Orczy was the aristocratic daughter of a Hungarian composer...
Lord Tony's Wife
Lord Antony Dewhurst is ‘a splendid fellow — a fine sportsman, a loyal gentleman.’ The young gallant is also Percy’s close friend and a lieutenant in the...
