The Scarlet Pimpernel: Stories For Everyone

“We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere"

“It was long past midnight when at last Marguerite retired to rest"

“Money and titles may be hereditary,” she would say, “but brains are not.”

The story is set during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonist, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life: apparently noth...