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Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy: The Scarlet Pimpernel (2005)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set …

Review of 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' on 'Goodreads'

It struck me as I finished that this book would be the opening chapter of a modern thriller. We expect so much more action packed into our fiction these days!

The serial-style writing, where each chapter reminded you of what had come before made it a good book to read as I was going to sleep. Missed a detail? No worries.