The Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Orczy's first historical fiction book, The Scarlet Pimpernel, was released in 1905. It was written following a successful run in London of her theater play of the same name (co-written with Montague Barstow), which had premiered in Nottingham in 1903. The French Revolution had just begun when the book takes place, and it takes place during the Reign of Terror. The protagonist and hero of ...