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Aziloth Books The Elusive Pimpernel (Aziloth Books) by Baroness Emma Orczy
In this the second sequel to her bestselling The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy gives us a glimpse into the Pimpernels past and pits her hero Sir Percy Blakeney against his wouldbe nemesis the brilliant but amoral diplomat and spymaster Citizen Chauvelin. Outwitted on numerous occasions by the Scarlet Pimpernel a humiliated and demoted Chauvelin hatches a plot to wreak vengeance upon the hated Englishman. The French spymasters machinations leave Sir Percys wife Marguerite his prisoner and Blakeney himself honourbound to meet with his archenemy in the French city of Boulogne hemmed in on all sides by the revolutionary mob. Chauvelins plan has worked flawlessly. Must Sir Percy and his beautiful wife fall at last into the clutches of the hated Committee of Public Safety? Will the elusive Pimpernels reckless career end abruptly under the merciless blade of Madame Guillotine?show more