Book: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Author: Baroness Orczy
Pages: 330
This is my 41st read for the year
This is the story of Marguerite Blakeney and trying to figure out who is the daring Scarlet Pimpernel that is rescuing French aristocrats from being hanged. He gets them out of France and into England safely. Marguerite is approached by Chauvelin who is trying to capture the Scarlet Pimpernel and bring him to justice. Chauvelin promises her that no harm with come to her brother - who has been sentenced to die in France - if she helps him. She agrees until she finds out the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Then it is a race to see if Marguerite can save him and her brother in time.
This was a pretty good book. It isn't a hard read, and the reader can probably figure out who the Scarlet Pimpernel is pretty early in the book (before Marguerite does). However - if you go on Amazon you will know before you even read the book, so you are warned. The writing is not bad but the ending could have been better.
Stars: 3
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