by Emmuska Orczy · VICENS VIVES (PRECIO FIJO) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788853002372
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«Le Mouron Rouge» is the historical adventure novel by Emmuska Orczy, published by Vicens Vives in paperback (112 pages, in French, with audio CD).
In the Paris of 1792, the French Revolution sends many aristocrats to the guillotine. An enigmatic English gentleman, known as Le Mouron Rouge, rescues them with cunning while his pursuers try to discover who he is. The narrative combines suspense, escapes and historical recreation.
It belongs to the Lire et s'entraîner collection, level three B1. The cover adds the subtitle «Un chevalier insaisissable».
For intermediate-level French students and readers who want to review the language with a classic adventure story.
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.
