El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Paris, 1794: the Pimpernel goes back into the city to bring out the Dauphin from the Temple prison, and Chauvelin has learned enough to bait a trap with the one thing Blakeney cannot refuse. Orczy wrote more than a dozen of these; this is the one where the mask comes off and the man underneath is broken on purpose. Sixty plates from David, Granet and their contemporaries, from moonlit Indian scenes to a burning farmhouse, catch the restless, dangerous Europe of the Pimpernel's world.
Paris, 1794: the Pimpernel goes back into the city to bring out the Dauphin from the Temple prison, and Chauvelin has learned enough to bait a trap with the one thing Blakeney cannot refuse. Orczy wrote more than a dozen of these; this is the one where the mask comes off and the man underneath is...
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Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865–1947) was a Hungarian-born British author who worked in London. She originated the character of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist of a series of historical adventure novels that includes The Scarlet Pimpernel, El Dorado, The Elusive Pimpernel, I Will Repay, and The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865–1947) was a Hungarian-born British author who worked in London. She originated the character of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist of a series of historical adventure novels that includes The Scarlet Pimpernel, El Dorado, The Elusive Pimpernel, I Will Repay, and T...
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