The Scarlet Pimpernel was first published in 1905 and has proved to be Orczy’s most famous and popular novel. The work was originally rejected by publishers, so she refashioned it as a play, with li……続きを見る
Was der ahnungslose Student Ryad bei seinem Ferienjob in Algier vorfindet, ist ein geschichtsträchtiger, einzigartiger Ort: In der Buchhandlung, die er ausräumen soll, wirkte einst Edmond Charlot (1……続きを見る
Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues. As Anis and Sherine settle into a new life built on love and friendship, tragedy and destruction have throw……続きを見る
Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road takes on an air of celebration as, at long last, Laila and Leily's wedding day arrives! But the marriage ceremony may ……続きを見る
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Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was on……続きを見る
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First Published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure ……続きを見る
Set in puritan Kent in 1657, the story focuses on the intrigues of Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse “as stiff a Roundhead as ever upheld my Lord Protector and his Puritanic government,” who is determined t……続きを見る
Armand St Just, his beautiful sister Marguerite and her husband Sir Percy Blakeney are once again caught up in the turmoil of revolutionary France. And adventurer Baron de Batz enters the story. It ……続きを見る
The year is 1623, the place Haarlem in the Netherlands. Diogenes ー the first Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel’s ancestor ー and his friends Pythagoras and Socrates defend justice and the r……続きを見る
A story of the French aristocracy, the book concerns Madame de Pompadour’s influence over the King and France.
In US published under the title Petticoat Rule.
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Luke de Mountford, heir to his uncle Lord Radcliffe, asks for Louise Harris’s hand in marriage. Just when everything seems to be going well, another nephew, Philip, turns up with a claim to his uncl……続きを見る
When their mother died, Olive and Boadicea were sent to live with their mother’s sister, Caroline, and her husband Jasper Hemingford on Old Manor Farm. The farm is remote with few neighbours and whi……続きを見る
The story is set in Hungary and the scene is laid in a village close to the Maros.
On this particular fourteenth of September it is Andor’s turn to go unwillingly into the army for three years. On t……続きを見る
In 1572, Spain rules over Flanders with an iron fist. The threat of the Inquisition and its tortures holds the people in terror of their conquerors. William, the Prince of Orange, has led an unsucce……続きを見る
More adventures amongst the terrors of revolutionary France. No one has uncovered the identity of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel ー no one except his wife Marguerite and his arch-enemy, citizen Chauve……続きを見る
Two émigré families petition Emperor Napoleon for the restoration of their lands under the conditional amnesty offered. The first is Monsieur le comte de Courson, for himself and his daughter Fernan……続きを見る
The story starts in 1624 in the Netherlands and concerns the Scarlet Pimpernel’s ancestor, Diogenes, aka the first Sir Percy Blakeney. Diogenes and his friends Socrates and Pythagoras swear allegian……続きを見る
"O que elas contam?" é um livro repleto de contos escritos exclusivamente por mulheres que revela as vivências das mulheres de maneira única e emocionante. Com histórias que vão desde a comédia à tr……続きを見る
During one return home, Sir Percy tells the story of André Vallon, a young Jacobin, to the Prince of Wales. André, wishing to revenge himself on a despotic seigneur, uses the Jacobins’ rise to force……続きを見る
The First Sir Percy is a 1920 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy featuring Sir Percy Blake, ancestor of Orczy's character The Scarlet Pimpernel. It is a direct sequel to The Laughing Cavalier, occurr……続きを見る
The elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado. The still-raging French Revolution continues to claim lives, and the shadow of the guillotine draws ever nearer to the……続きを見る
Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foe……続きを見る
Short story collection.
Mr. Hector Ratichonーonetime aide to Robespierre and confidant of Napoleon Bonaparteーis a rascal and rogue of the highest order. Nevertheless, his service to France and his ……続きを見る
Skin o’ My Tooth, aka Patrick Mulligan, was created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and appeared in several stories which were collected in Skin o’ My Tooth**.**
Mulligan is an ugly, portly, but particul……続きを見る
The Man in Grey is set in Napoleonic France in 1809, and is comprised of nine inter-connected short stories about the mysterious Man in Grey’s adventures in tracking down Royalist criminals for the ……続きを見る
Dit is deel 4 van de serie Het geheim van Grace geschreven door Mariska Overman. Een heerlijk en spannend feelgoodmysterie met onvergetelijke personages.
Maud begint langzaam het eeuwenoude geheim t……続きを見る
1933
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Traduit par Charlotte et Marie-Louise Desroyses
Ce livre numérique est parfaitement adapté et mis en page pour une lecture agréable sur une liseuse numérique, u……続きを見る
