by Emmuska Orczy · EDICIONES A. SALDAÑA ORTEGA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788472971868
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«La Pimpinela Escarlata» is the adventure novel by Emmuska Orczy, published by Ediciones A. Saldaña Ortega in hardback (54 pages, in Spanish).
During the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, Sir Percy Blakeney, an English aristocrat who appears frivolous, adopts the secret identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel to save aristocrats and innocents from the guillotine, while being pursued by the republican agent Chauvelin.
First instalment of the Scarlet Pimpernel series, part of the Colección Oro; Spanish edition from 1991.
Adapted version with colour illustrations for young readers approaching the adventure classics.
Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, usually known as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring The Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.
