The Scarlet Pimpernel Illustrated, Orczy Baroness

Автор: Hannah Rothschild
Название: The Baroness
ISBN: 1844086054 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844086054
Издательство: Little Brown
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Описание: Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story The Baroness traces Nica`s extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England`s stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally, to the creative ferment of New York`s 1950s jazz scene.

Автор: Baroness Orczy
Название: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ISBN: 0241341337 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241341339
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'Every step the Scarlet Pimpernel takes on French soil is fraught with danger'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. The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

Автор: Orczy Baroness
Название: Scarlet pimpernel
ISBN: 0008278768 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008278762
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Автор: Orczy, Baroness
Название: Scarlet Pimpernel
ISBN: 014037454X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140374544
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Автор: Orczy Baroness Emmuska
Название: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ISBN: 1694586731 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781694586735
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Цена: 16080.00 T
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Описание: The Scarlet Pimpernel was first published in 1905 and has proved to be Orczy's most famous and popular novel. The work was originally rejected by publishers, so she refashioned it as a play, with little initial success. The book continued to be popular throughout the twentieth century and was adapted for film, stage and television on multiple occasions. One of the most famous and well-considered adaptations is the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and directed by Harold Young. The television adaptations include a 1955-56 version and the 1999-2000 BBC production starring Richard E. Grant and Elizabeth McGovern. The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792 during the French Revolution, but centres on an English hero performing great and brave deeds in a violent and murderous climate. Marguerite St Just is a beautiful French actress, who is married to the English fop, Sir Percy Blakeney. The couple have become estranged as Marguerite has tired of her husband's seemingly superficial lifestyle. She has heard about the exploits of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel - an unknown English man - who is daily helping French aristocrats to escape the Revolution. She is captivated and entranced by the stories surrounding him but is soon forced into a position where she must assist the French ambassador to England in capturing the elusive man. Orczy's novel unfolds with a series of twists and turns, with frequent moments of excitement and tension. The author's aristocratic heritage no doubt contributed to the politically conservative nature of the work, and her desire to make the hero of a tale an Englishman also underlines not only her own views but her belief in the nationalistic disposition of her English readership.

Автор: Orczy Baroness Emma
Название: El Dorado
ISBN: 1086509358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781086509359
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Цена: 45970.00 T
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Описание: Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book.A French language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title La Capture du Mouron Rouge.As well as containing all the main characters from the first book, Eldorado introduces several new characters and features the Baron de Batz, who also turns up in Sir Percy Leads the Band and The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Baron Jean de Batz is a genuine historical figure).It is 1794 and Paris, "despite the horrors that had stained her walls - has remained a city of pleasure, and the knife of the guillotine did scarce descend more often than did the drop-scenes on the stage."The plot begins when Sir Percy reluctantly agrees to take Armand St. Just with him to France as part of a plan to rescue the young Dauphin.

Автор: Orczy Baroness Emma
Название: El Dorado: Large Print
ISBN: 1695349318 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781695349315
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Цена: 20680.00 T
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Описание: Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book.

Автор: Orczy Baroness Emma
Название: The Old Man in the Corner
ISBN: 1697411770 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781697411775
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Цена: 41370.00 T
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Описание: Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man In the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Автор: Orczy, Baroness
Название: Unravelled knots: the teahouse detective
ISBN: 1782275886 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782275886
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Another classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Автор: Orczy Baroness Emma
Название: I Will Repay: Large Print
ISBN: 1697118070 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781697118070
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Описание: I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel.The story starts before the French revolution. It's 1783 and wealthy Paul D roul de has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrepctfully of his latest infatuation, Ad le de Monterch ri. D roul de had not intended to get into the quarrel but has a tendency to blunder into things -- "no doubt a part of the inheritance bequeathed to him by his bourgeois ancestry."Incensed at the slur on Ad le, who he sees as a paragon of virtue, the Vicomte challenges D roul de to a duel, a fight which D roul de does not want -- for he knows and respects the boy's father, the Duc de Marny.

Автор: Orczy Baroness
Название: The Scarlet Pimpernel Illustrated
ISBN: 1696562384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781696562386
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Цена: 13780.00 T
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Описание: "he Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonist, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life: apparently nothing more than a wealthy fop, but in reality a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist. The band of gentlemen who assist him are the only ones who know of his secret identity. He is known by his symbol, a simple flower, the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). Marguerite Blakeney, his French wife, does not share his secret. She is approached by the new French envoy to England, Chauvelin, with a threat to her brother's life if she does not aid in the search for the Pimpernel. She aids him, and then discovers that the Pimpernel is also very dear to her. She sails to France to stop the envoy."

Автор: Orczy Baroness Emma
Название: The Elusive Pimpernel
ISBN: 1689265124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781689265126
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Цена: 37920.00 T
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Описание: First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel.It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel.