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They seek him here,
They seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
What fun! An old-fashioned rollicking romance, with dashing young cavaliers and twisted misunderstandings between lovers, set against the horrors of the French Reign of Terror. The Scarlet Pimpernel himself is slightly more daring and strong than his followers and clever enough to be an Oscar Wilde character.
I admit to not being surprised by a single turn of the storyline. I suspect that I saw this in movie form back in m ...more
They seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
What fun! An old-fashioned rollicking romance, with dashing young cavaliers and twisted misunderstandings between lovers, set against the horrors of the French Reign of Terror. The Scarlet Pimpernel himself is slightly more daring and strong than his followers and clever enough to be an Oscar Wilde character.
I admit to not being surprised by a single turn of the storyline. I suspect that I saw this in movie form back in m ...more
Jun 02, 2012
Anna Kļaviņa
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I did enjoy this story very much and I would have give 4 star easily for entertainment. But writing wasn't great, characters doesn't feel real, add anti-Semitism, classism, sexism, nationalism (the negative one) and subjective look on Great French Revolution (more misleading than subjective, actually).
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