Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Scarlet Pimpernell,by Emmuska Orczy

This is an awe inspiring and entrancing book about the French revolution, and an unknown man who risks his life every time he rescues an aristocrat from the sharp blade of the guillitone. The only sign he leaves is a letter addressed to the leader of the revolution marked with a seal of the scarlet pimpernell, a small way side flower.
A beautiful french woman known as the "cleverest woman in England " betrays him to save her brother. Will he escape the clutches of his enemy, or will he be sent to the very guillitone he saved so many lives from?

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