The Elusive Pimpernel

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The Elusive Pimpernel

by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

EN·~8 hours

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Amid the fevered chaos of 1793 Paris, the French Revolution roars like a storm, its streets stained with blood and its people caught between fanatic zeal and desperate survival. The city’s relentless drive for equality has turned noble houses into targets, and the guillotine looms over every doorstep. In this fevered backdrop, whispers of a new, daring hope begin to circulate.

A mysterious English aristocrat, known only by the brilliant moniker of the Scarlet Pimpernel, moves beneath the shadows of terror, orchestrating daring rescues of those condemned by the Revolution. With his loyal companion Lady Blakeney at his side, he outwits the relentless French agent Chauvelin, turning Parisian danger into a game of clever disguises and swift escapes. Their secret network of allies and safe houses pulses with tension, each rescue a fragile thread in a tapestry of rebellion.

The novel weaves together political intrigue, romance, and swash‑buckling adventure, inviting listeners to experience the pulse‑quickening chase through a city on the brink. As loyalties shift and danger lurks at every turn, the fight to protect the innocent becomes a testament to courage in the darkest of times.

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Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (481K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by J.C. Byers, L.M. Shaf, and David Widger

Release date

2001-08-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

1865–1947

Best known for creating the masked hero of The Scarlet Pimpernel, this Hungarian-born British writer helped shape the adventure and mystery stories readers still love today. Her fiction mixed romance, danger, and quick wit in a way that made it hugely popular in the early 1900s.

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