Bøger af Emma Orczy

"The Scarlet Pimpernel" - Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution The Scarlet Pimpernel is the tale of Sir Percy Blakeney, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. He is known by his symbol, a simple flower, the scarlet pimpernel. Marguerite Blakeney, his French wife, does not share his secret. She is approached by the new French envoy to England with a threat to her brother''s life if she does not aid in the search for the Pimpernel. "Sir Percy Leads the Band" - It is January of 1793 and the Reign of Terror has already taken many lives. Scarlet Pimpernel and his gang of friends and helpers camouflage themselves as a wandering musical group, in order to rescue wrongly accused family from execution. But their bitter enemy Chauvelin is on their trail, and he is ready to go beyond blackmailing and bribery just to get Sir Percy.

Mam''zelle Guillotine follows Gabrielle Damiens, the daughter of Francois Damiens, a man arrested and executed for attacking the King of France with a pocket knife. When the French Revolution begins she is released from the Bastille after 16 years in prison. Mad for revenge, Gabrielle works her way into the favor of the men behind the republic, and soon becomes the public executioner of Artois, known as Mam''zelle Guillotine. When a new sleuth from Paris arrives to track down the English spies who want to stop her, Gabrielle doesn''t realize it is actually the Scarlet Pimpernel.

During one return home, Sir Percy tells the story of André Vallon, a young Jacobin, to the Prince of Wales. André, wishing to revenge himself on a despotic seigneur, uses the Jacobins'' rise to force the seigneur''s daughter to marry him. Once wed, they come to love each other, only to have the old seigneur denounce André in an attempt to free his daughter.

Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist- the Scarlet Pimpernel.