The French Terror is raging and few are safe from the threat of the guillotine. Sir Percy
Blakeney a foppish Englishman decides to rescue imprisoned aristocrats before they can be
executed. Showing great daring and aided by a band of brave comrades he disguises himself as
the formidable Scarlet Pimpernel. But will his beautiful French wife Marguerite unwittingly
prove his downfall? Baroness Orczy's swashbuckling 1905 novel set the standard for all future
tales of masked avengers and was later adapted into a famous stage play and several film
versions.
