Oct 28, 2016 press the like button if you like it, subscribe if you love it. The scarlet pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by baroness orczy, published in 1905. The scarlet pimpernel the scarlet pimpernel audiobook, by emma orczy. It is a brilliant adventure story set at the time of the french revolution. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Known as the scarlet pimpernel, the enigmatic hero rescues the countrys illfated aristocrat. Daily, hundreds of aristocratic heads fall from the guillotine.
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