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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy

Start date: May 1, 2011

Finish date: May 31, 2011

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Jan 30, 2015 Samantha rated it liked it

Shelves: kindle-own-it, mysterious, audiobook, french-history, book-club-read

The Scarlet Pimpernel is probably the most lighthearted adventure one can read covering events during France's Reign of Terror. The secret League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is tasked with rescuing French aristocrats from Paris before they can lose their heads to Madame Guillotine. Despite this rather serious sounding objective, this novel is more of a sappy love story that lacks any true suspense.

Though Marguerite Blakeney is, we are repeatedly told, "the cleverest woman in Europe," she takes inte ...more

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May 09, 2018 Melissa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audible-book, own-kindle, 2018-reads

What a delightful story! This is a book that has been on my radar for a long long time, but I have never felt much inspiration to pick it up and begin. After reading a few totally fluffy romance books I was hoping to find something with a bit more depth to it, and I decided to give it a try as an audio book. I loved it! In fact, I am convinced that I will love the written book even more than the audio, so I plan to read it again very soon. This is a fun story that has it all. Romance. Intrigue. ...more

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