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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. It was first produced as a record-breaking play in an adaptation by Julia Neilson and Fred Terry. Binomial name Anagallis arvensis L. The Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is a low-growing plant in the family (Myrsinaceae). ...
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Baroness Emma (Emmuska) Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. ...
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First published in 1936, Sir Percy Leads the Band is (chronologically) the second of the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. ...
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Fred Terry (November 9, 1863 – April 12, 1933) was an English actor and manager, brother of Ellen Terry. ...
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Binomial name Anagallis arvensis L. The scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is a low-growing plant in the family Myrsinaceae. ...
The adventure novel is a literary genre of novels that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. ...
Baroness Emma (Emmuska) Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. ...
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The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on...
Julia Neilson (June 12, 1868 - May 27, 1957) was an English actress best remembered for her numerous performances as Lady Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel, as well as for her roles in many tragedies and historical romances, as well Rosalind in a long-running production of As You Like It. ...
Fred Terry (November 9, 1863 – April 12, 1933) was an English actor and manager, brother of Ellen Terry. ...
The play first opened on 15 October 1903 at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal; it was not a success. But Terry had confidence in the play and, with a re-written last act, he took it to London where it opened at the New Theatre on 5 January 1905. The standing ovation of the first night audience was "hot and strong", but not so the reaction of the critics the next morning. The jaded London critics, trying to champion new, "modern" plays, pooh-poohed the "old-fashioned" Scarlet Pimpernel, but the play became a popular success. It began a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals, becoming a favourite of the London audiences - playing more than 2000 performances, one of the most popular shows ever staged in an English theatre. is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The novel was published soon after the play's opening and was an immediate success. Orczy gained a following of readers in England and throughout the world. With the demand high, she wrote a number of sequels over the next 35 years.
The success of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in novel and play form, allowed the Barstows to live out their lives in luxury and comfort. Over the years, they lived on an estate in Kent, a bustling London home and an opulent villa in Monte Carlo. Orczy continued to create adventures for her "reckless daredevil" and watch his incarnations take life throughout the world. The play was performed to great acclaim in France, Italy, Germany and Spain, while the novel was translated into 16 languages. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ...
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Orczy wrote in her autobiography, Links In the Chain of Life:
I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny..."
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A secret society of English aristocrats, known as the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is engaged in rescuing their French counterparts from the guillotine. Their leader, the Scarlet Pimpernel, takes his nickname from the small red flower with which he signs his messages. Despite being the talk of London society, no one except his small band of 19 followers, and possibly his close friend, the Prince of Wales, knows the Pimpernel's true identity. For the Europe album, see Secret Society (Europe album). ...
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Plot summary Set in 1792, the action takes place during the early days of the French Revolution. Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French actress, is married to wealthy English fop Sir Percy Blakeney, and they live in England. The couple has become estranged due to her earlier unintentional denunciation of French aristocrat the Marquis de St. Cyr and his family, which resulted in their being sent to the guillotine. 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Like many others, Marguerite is entranced by stories of the Scarlet Pimpernel—an anonymous hero who, through a combination of courage and daring, has rescued many aristocrats from Madame la Guillotine, and brought them safely to England. Marguerite's beloved brother, Armand, is discovered to be part of the Scarlet Pimpernel's organization, and he is therefore in danger of being executed.
Marguerite is blackmailed by the wily French ambassador to England, Citizen Chauvelin; if she helps him uncover the Pimpernel's identity, Armand's life will be spared. She cannot face the thought of losing her brother, and she hopes that the Pimpernel will be able to save him. She is forced to do as Chauvelin wishes. For other uses, see Blackmail (disambiguation). ...
Armand Chauvelin (Citoyen Chauvelin in French, Citizen Chauvelin in English) is the villain in Baroness Emmuska Orczy’s classic novel The Scarlet Pimpernel and the various plays and movies derived from the work. ...
Contemptuous of her seemingly witless and unloving husband, Marguerite does not go to him for help, and passes along information which enables Chauvelin to learn the Pimpernel's true identity.
They seek him here, They seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven?
—Is he in hell?
That demmed, elusive Pimpernel.
Sir Percy Blakeney (ch.12) | When Sir Percy leaves for France, Marguerite discovers, to her horror, that he is the Pimpernel—the man she has betrayed, who had created the persona of a witless fop in order to deceive the world as to his true activities, and who could not reveal the truth to Marguerite because of his belief that she would denounce him to the French revolutionaries. Desperate to make amends for her actions she follows Percy to France to try to warn him.
Chauvelin seems close to capturing Percy on several occasions, but the Englishman continues to outwit him, rescuing Armand and the Comte de Tourney, the father of a school friend of Marguerite's.
Safely back on board their schooner, the Day Dream, and touched by his wife's remorse, devotion and courage, he forgives her, and the reconciled couple returns to England.
Sequels Baroness Orczy wrote numerous sequels that revolve around the other characters with whom Blakeney comes into contact, and the activities of his followers, Lord Tony Dewhurst, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Lord Hastings, and Marguerite's brother, Armand St. Just.
These include The Laughing Cavalier (1914) and The First Sir Percy (1921), about an ancestor of the Pimpernel's; Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924), about a descendant; and The Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World (1933), a depiction of the 1930s world from the point of view of Sir Percy. Set in Holland in 1623/1624, The Laughing Cavalier, by Baroness Orczy, revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel who goes by the name Diogenes. ...
An adventure of the laughing cavalier. ...
Written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1924, Pimpernel and Rosemary is set after the first world war and features Peter Blakeney, a descendant of the Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
Some of her non-related Revolutionary-period novels reference the Scarlet Pimpernel or the League, most notably The Bronze Eagle (1915). Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1915, The Bronze Eagle:A Story of the Hundred Days, is a romance set in France following the period of the Revolution and the expulsion of the Bourbons. ...
Scarlet Pimpernel books
Novels Written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
First Published in 1908, the Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
Set in Holland in 1623/1624, The Laughing Cavalier, by Baroness Orczy, revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel who goes by the name Diogenes. ...
Lord Tonys Wife, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
An adventure of the laughing cavalier. ...
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, first published in 1922, is the last book about the Scarlet Pimpernels adventures, in the popular series by Baroness Orczy. ...
Written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1924, Pimpernel and Rosemary is set after the first world war and features Peter Blakeney, a descendant of the Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
First published in 1927, Sir Percy Hits Back is (chronologically) the ninth book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. ...
First published in 1932, A child of the Revolution is (chronologically) the last book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. ...
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy, is another sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
First published in 1936, Sir Percy Leads the Band is (chronologically) the second of the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. ...
Mamzelle Guillotine, by Baroness Orczy, is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
Collections of short stories The League of the Scarlet pimpernel consists of eleven short stories about the Sir Percy Blakeneys exploits in rescuing various aristos and french citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. ...
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel is the second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League. ...
Omnibus editions Published in 1939 this is a collection of four of the Scarlet Pimpernel novels in a single binding. ...
Published in 1939 this is a collection of four of the Scarlet Pimpernel novels in a single binding. ...
Published in 1939 this is a collection of four of the Scarlet Pimpernel novels in a single binding. ...
Related books - The Scarlet Pimpernel looks at the World (1933)
- A Gay Adventurer A biography of Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart. (1935) (written by 'John Blakeney' pseud. (John Montagu Orczy Barstow))
- The Life and exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1938) (written by 'John Blakeney' pseud. (John Montagu Orczy Barstow) ) n.b. re-release of 'A Gay Adventurer'
- The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (2005) (written by Lauren Willig) see 'Other versions' below.
Chronology Baroness Orczy did not publish her Pimpernel stories as a strict chronological series, and in fact, the settings of the books in their publication sequence can vary forward or backward in time by months or centuries. While some readers enjoy following the author's development of the Pimpernel character as it was realized, others prefer to read the stories in historical sequence. Taking into account occasional discrepancies in the dates of events (real and fictional) referred to in the stories, the following is an approximate chronological listing of Baroness Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel novels and short stories: Look up Month in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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| Book Title | Setting | Notes | | The Laughing Cavalier | January, 1623 | | | The First Sir Percy | March, 1624 | | | The Scarlet Pimpernel | September-October, 1792 | | | Sir Percy Leads the Band | January, 1793 | | | The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | July, 1793 | | | I Will Repay | August-September, 1793 | | | The Elusive Pimpernel | September-October, 1793 | | | Lord Tony's Wife | November-December, 1793 | | | The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel | late 1793 | concurrent with preceding 2 or 3 novels | | Eldorado | January, 1794 | unclear whether before, after, or concurrent with Mam'zelle Guillotine | | Mam'zelle Guillotine | January, 1794 | unclear whether before, after, or concurrent with Eldorado | | Sir Percy Hits Back | May-June, 1794 | | | Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | 1794? | exact dates unclear | | The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel | April, 1794 | seems to have happened later than dates indicate | | A Child of the Revolution | July, 1794 | | | Pimpernel and Rosemary | 1917-1924 | | Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ...
1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
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Members of the League A. The original nine League or founder members who formed the party on August 2nd, 1792: -
- Sir Andrew Ffoulkes (second in command)
- Lord Anthony Dewhurst
- Lord Edward Hastings
- Lord John Bathurst
- Lord Stowmarries
- Sir Edward Mackenzie
- Sir Philip Glynde
- Lord Saint Denys
- Sir Richard Galveston
B. Ten members enrolled on January, 1793: -
- Sir Jeremiah Wallescourt
- Lord Kulmstead
- Lord George Fanshawe
- Anthony Holte
- John Hastings (Lord Edward's cousin)
- Lord Everingham
- Sir George Vigor, Bart.
- The Hon. St. John Devinne
- Michael Barstow of York
- Armand St. Just (Marguerite's brother)
Marguerite, Lady Blakeney, is also named as a member of the League in the book Mam'zelle Guillotine, but it is not known when she was formally enrolled. Mamzelle Guillotine, by Baroness Orczy, is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
Film and other media adaptations Hollywood took to the Pimpernel early and often, though most of the Pimpernel movies have been based on a melange of the original book and another Orczy novel, Eldorado. Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ...
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917)
- The Laughing Cavalier (1917)
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
- The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
- Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
- Pimpernel Smith (1941)
- Pimpernel Svensson (1950)
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) aka The Fighting Pimpernel - USA.
- Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955 mini-series)
 Don't Lose Your Head poster - Don't Lose Your Head (1966) aka Carry on Pimpernel - USA
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1969)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1987) (TV)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997) Broadway musical
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (two TV series of three episodes each (1999, 2000): "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Valentin Gautier" [UK title]/"The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Madame Guillotine" [US title], "The King's Ransom" [UK title]/"The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King" [US title], "Ennui", "Friends and Enemies", "A Good Name"). The BBC production, with Richard E. Grant in the title role and Martin Shaw as Chauvelin, took many liberties with the characters and plot, and was not well received by fans of the books.
- The Forecourt Pimpernel (2001) (TV)
- The Black Pimpernel (2006)
The 1934 film of The Scarlet Pimpernel was produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Harold Young and starred Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. ...
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) is a film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger, based on The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. ...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical set in France and England. ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczys series of novels, set during the French Revolution. ...
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Other versions The novel has been parodied as a Warner Bros. cartoon short featuring Daffy Duck (as the Scarlet Pumpernickel), in 1954. A figure of the Scarlet Pumpernickel was released by DC Direct in 2006, making it one of the few--if not the only--toys produced based on the Pimpernel. “WB†redirects here. ...
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The Canadian comedy team of Wayne and Shuster created a comedy sketch based on the Scarlet Pimpernel called the Brown Pumpernickel.[1] Wayne and Shuster were a Canadian comedy duo formed by Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. ...
Returning to the work's stage roots, a 1997 Broadway musical based on the story was composed by Frank Wildhorn and written by Nan Knighton. This musical starred Douglas Sills as Sir Percy Blakeney, Christine Andreas as Marguerite Blakeney, Terrence Mann as Citizen Chauvelin, and Gilles Chiasson as Armand St. Just. For more information, see The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical). For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...
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Nan Knighton is a playwright known for her books to the musicals of Saturday Night Fever, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Camille Claudel and lyrics for Rudolf. ...
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Terrence Mann (born Terrance Vaughan Mann on July 1, 1951 in Kentucky) is a prominent singer and actor who has dominated the Broadway stage for the past two decades. ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical set in France and England. ...
Steve Jackson Games published GURPS Scarlet Pimpernel, by Robert Traynor and Lisa Evans, in 1991, a supplement for playing the milieu using the GURPS roleplaying game system. Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ...
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Media references In 1987, the BBC sitcom Blackadder the Third included an episode, "Nob and Nobility", in which the Scarlet Pimpernel is praised by everyone, apart from Mr. E. Blackadder, who sees nothing admirable in "filling London with a load of garlic-chewing French toffs... looking for sympathy all the time simply because their fathers had their heads cut off". The episode ends with Blackadder killing two noblemen claiming to be the Pimpernel. Prince George was about to give some money to the Pimpernel just before he died, so Blackadder claims to be the real Pimpernel in order to get the money. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...
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There has also been a recent string of novels by Harvard graduate student Lauren Willig, beginning with The Secret History of the Pink Carnation. These novels chronicle the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel's associates, including the Purple Gentian (alias of Lord Richard Selwick). Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...
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Sir Percy and Marguerite are mentioned as members of an 18th century incarnation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the graphic novels of that title by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. For the film adaptation, see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film). ...
Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ...
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Kevin ONeill can be Kevin ONeill, the comics illustrator Kevin ONeill, the basketball coach Kevin ONeil, the music drummer: see The Honeydrippers: Volume One. ...
The TV series Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp had an episode entitled "The Scarlet Chimpernel", in which the title character, after slipping on a banana peel, has a fantasy where he is the Scarlet Pimpernel. The part of Marguerite is filled by Mata Hairi. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp was a television show from 1970-1972 which featured a cast of chimpanzees who were given apparent speaking roles by overdubbing them with human voices. ...
The seventh episode of the 2007 season of the TV series Midsomer Murders, "They Seek Him Here", centers around a shooting of a remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. A setting with a guillotine becomes prominent when the director is decapitated. Midsomer Murders is a popular British television drama series about murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. ...
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'The Tartan Pimpernel' Inspired by the title Scarlet Pimpernel, the Tartan Pimpernel was a nickname given to the Rev Donald Caskie (1902-1983), formerly minister of the Paris congregation of the Church of Scotland, for aiding over 2,000 Allied service personnel to escape from occupied France during World War II. The Tartan Pimpernel was a nickname given to the Reverend Donald Caskie, formerly minister of the Church of Scotland congregation in Paris, for helping numerous Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen to escape from occupied France during World War II. Caskie wrote an account of his exploits, entitled The Tartan Pimpernel...
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The Scots Kirk is situated at 17 Rue Bayard, near the Champs-Elysées in Paris. ...
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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
'The American Pimpernel' Varian Fry, was a 32 year old Harvard-educated classicist and editor from New York City, who helped save thousands of endangered refugees who were caught in the Vichy French zone escape from Nazi terror during World War II. His story is told in American Pimpernel - the Man Who Saved the Artists on Hitler's Death List Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907–September 13, 1967) was a New York-born American journalist who ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped approximately 2,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape the Nazis. ...
'The Black Pimpernel' Harald Edelstam (1913–1989) was a Swedish diplomat. During World War II he earned the nickname Svarta nejlikan ("the Black Pimpernel") for helping Norwegian resistance fighters in Hjemmefronten escape from the Germans.[2] Harald Edelstam (1913–1989) was a Swedish diplomat. ...
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Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Norwegian resistance to the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945 took several forms: Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled Norwegian government, and by implication the lack of legitimacy of the Quisling regime and Terboven administration The initial defense in Southern Norway, which was largely disorganized, but...
This name was also given to Nelson Mandela prior to his arrest and long incarceration for his anti-apartheid activities in South Africa due to his effective use of disguises when evading capture by the police.[3] For other people named Mandela, or other uses, see Mandela. ...
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Historical accuracy The Baroness's sympathies were plainly with the aristocracy and in truth, she was more interested in telling a good tale than in strict historical accuracy. To this end, Orczy frequently distorted real historical figures and events so they could be woven into the storylines of the books, placing the Scarlet Pimpernel and his league in the middle of the action.
In particular, the career of Chauvelin, the recurring villain of the series, is much altered; named Armand Chauvelin in the books, in fact, Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin, survived the Revolutionary period to become an official under Napoleon I of France and a noted liberal Deputy under the Bourbon Restoration. Armand Chauvelin (Citoyen Chauvelin in French, Citizen Chauvelin in English) is the villain in Baroness Emmuska Orczy’s classic novel The Scarlet Pimpernel and the various plays and movies derived from the work. ...
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin (29 November 1766 – 9 April 1832) was a French nobleman and liberal. ...
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
Capital Paris Language(s) French Government Monarchy King of France and Navarre - 1814-1824 Louis XVIII - 1824-1830 Charles X - 1830 Louis XIX - 1830 Henri V Legislature Parliament History - Louis XVIII restored 6 April, 1814 - July Revolution 21 January, 1830 Currency French Franc Following the ousting of Napoleon I of...
Other real life historical figures who crop up in the series include:
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Maximilien François Marie Odenthalius Isidore de Robespierre [1] (IPA: ; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known leaders of the French Revolution. ...
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (25 August 1767 – 28 July 1794), usually known as Saint-Just, was a French revolutionary leader. ...
Engraved portrait of Jean-Lambert Tallien Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767 – November 16, 1820), was a French political figure of the revolutionary period. ...
François Gérards Portrait de Madame Tallien, 1804 Thérésa Tallien (usually known as Madame Tallien; born Juana Maria Ignazia Teresa Cabarrús; July 31, 1773 – January 15, 1835) was a French social figure during the Revolution. ...
According to a biographer, Dantons height was colossal, his make athletic, his features strongly marked, coarse, and displeasing; his voice shook the domes of the halls.[1] Georges Jacques Danton (October 26, 1759 – April 5, 1794) was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and...
François Chabot (1757 - 1794), French revolutionist, had been a Franciscan friar before the Revolution. ...
Fabre dÉglantine Philippe François Nazaire Fabre dÉglantine, commonly known as Fabre dÉglantine (28 July 1750 - 5 April 1794), was a French dramatist and revolutionary. ...
Claude Bazire (1764 - April 5, 1794), French revolutionist, was deputy for the Côte dOr in the Legislative Assembly, and made himself prominent by denouncing the court and the Austrian committee of the Tuileries. ...
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Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras (June 30, 1755 - 1829) was a French revolutionary and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795 - 1799. ...
Georges August Couthon (1755 - July 28, 1794) was a French revolutionary. ...
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (September 10, 1755 - January 13, 1841) was one of the most notorious members of the French National Convention. ...
Pastel of Éléonore Duplay by Regnault from the Musée Carnavalet Éléonore Duplay, called Cornélie, after Cornelia Africana of Ancient Rome, was the daughter of Maurice Duplay, a master carpenter, and Françoise-Éléonore Vaugeois. ...
References - ^ The Archivist. collectionscanada.ca (Library and Archives Canada) (April 10, 2000). Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- ^ Joan Baez (November 6, 1981). Human Rights in the 80s: Seeing Through Both Eyes. commonwealthclub.org.
- ^ Time Magazine article The Black Pimpernel, August 17, 1962
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