An adventure story as fascinating as any

The French Revolution is in full swing. The streets of Paris literally reek of blood, with the guillotine claiming a hundred victims every day. But a mysterious Englishman representing himself as Scarlet Pimpernel starts rescuing aristocrats from being guillotined.

Monsieur Chauvelin, the brutal French official, tenaciously chases the damned elusive Pimpernel everywhere. Marguerite St Just, the beautiful French actress who has married Sir Percy Blackney, finds herself helping Chauvelin discover the identity of the Pimpernel. Can the audacious Pimpernel escape the deathtrap set by the French agent? Packed with suspense, surprise and romance, it makes enthralling reading.