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 Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:17 am
This has to be my favorite book of all time. It's an easy, short, highly amusing read, and the way the mystery is developed, it's hard to put the book down. Marguerite and Sir Percy make such a wonderful couple. I think Percy is one of my favorite characters of all time.
Basically, this is a 1905 superhero story. The main character is Marguerite, a French actress during the French Revolution, who is fascinated (as is all of England and France) by the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, a man who has been rescuing members of the French aristocracy from the guillotine. Somehow, this master of disguise is able to sneak aristocrats out of the country and elude the French officials, most notably Chauvelin, who has been assigned to capture him. The entire story is a cat and mouse game, with the smart-aleck Scarlet Pimpernel pulling the wool over everyone's eyes.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:42 am
Oh I've never read the book but I hope to some day! I saw the movie in a History class back in seventh grade. I loved the movie, so hopefully I'll love the book even more!
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:41 am
This book was my first exposure to the wonderful writing of Emmuska Orczy and I love her work so she is my favorite author now.
I've been reading the sequels during my vacation between college quarters. Right now I am reading Lord Tony's Wife. Chauvelin gets even more devious as time goes on and I love it. I shall finish it once I log offline.
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:28 pm
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 8:29 pm
Really great book. I can't put it down every time I read it.
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:37 pm
My dad read that book out loud to me and my two sisters. It's awesome! I love when he tricks Chauvelin, especially with the snuff and *spoiler*dressing up as a peasant. The whistling the national anthem was pretty cool too!*spoiler* Then we went and saw the movie (the old one), which was pretty good but not as good as the book.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:42 pm
funny story about that book!! i bought it where i live in a second hand bookstore...took it on vacation with me to england. Wrote my name in it and left it there on a shelf in a hotel i stayed in. About a year after i was wandering through the bookstore my mom works at, and found it on the shelf, all intact and with my name written in it. SO SWEET!
ps. its so good?? i picked it up because it sounded funny, and fell in love with it.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:35 am
A good companion to the Scarlet Pimpernell is Jackaroo
Also a very light & amusing read
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:52 pm
Robahn Hobyah A good companion to the Scarlet Pimpernell is Jackaroo Also a very light & amusing read I've read both, they are good.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:17 pm
This makes me think, with all the outpouring of Hero themed movies & shows of last few years
Gaia needs Hero type items (tho allready a Zorro like mask)
Capes, masks, accessories of classic heros like Zorro or the Scarlet Pimpernell, and new ones like Superman or Wonderwoman
Villans too, ooo, villans ^^
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:25 pm
I thought it was a pretty good book (my sister hyped it up too much)
The only problem is i knew who the pimpernel was from the begining...i am a good guesser... Though, i must say, it is one of the few books that i think is written so well, (action wise) that i COULD see it turned into a movie...
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:38 pm
I actually didn't think it was that amazing. I, within the first few chapters, guessed who the Pimpernel was, so it wasn't that much fun to read. It IS a good book, but i wouldn't say it is in my top ten.
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