The Laughing Cavalier & The First Sir Percy (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Adventure Novels, Prequels to Scarlet PimpernelBy Emma Orczy
Length26h 15m
About this audiobook
In The Laughing Cavalier & The First Sir Percy, Emma Orczy gathers two historical romances that extend the imaginative lineage of her famous Scarlet Pimpernel world. The narratives move through vividly reconstructed pasts—the Dutch Golden Age and the turbulent England of the Wars of the Roses—where disguise, loyalty, gallantry, and political danger shape the destinies of audacious heroes. Orczy's prose is theatrical, brisk, and richly colored, combining melodramatic suspense with the manners of Edwardian adventure fiction and the older tradition of chivalric romance. Baroness Emma Orczy, born in Hungary and later resident in Britain, brought to English popular literature a cosmopolitan sensibility and a lifelong fascination with aristocratic codes, exile, revolution, and heroic self-fashioning. Her family's displacement after peasant unrest in Hungary helps explain her recurring interest in threatened nobility and social upheaval. Having achieved immense success with The Scarlet Pimpernel, she repeatedly returned to kindred figures of courage and concealment. This volume is recommended for readers who enjoy historical adventure with moral clarity, romantic tension, and elaborate period atmosphere. It will especially reward admirers of swashbuckling fiction, genealogies of heroism, and Orczy's distinctive vision of honor under pressure.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length26 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 11, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Rilla of Ingleside (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6AN APOLOGY
7THE PROLOGUE
8CHAPTER I NEW YEAR'S EVE
9CHAPTER II THE FRACAS BY THE POSTERN GATE
10CHAPTER III AN INTERLUDE
11CHAPTER IV WATCH-NIGHT
12CHAPTER V BROTHER AND SISTER
13CHAPTER VI THE COUNSELS OF PRUDENCE
14CHAPTER VII THREE PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS
15CHAPTER VIII THE LODGINGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR
16CHAPTER IX THE PAINTER OF PICTURES
17CHAPTER X THE LAUGHING CAVALIER
18CHAPTER XI THE BARGAIN
19CHAPTER XII THE PORTRAIT
20CHAPTER XIII THE SPANISH WENCH
21CHAPTER XIV AFTER EVENSONG
22CHAPTER XV THE HALT AT BENNEBROCK
23CHAPTER XVI LEYDEN
24CHAPTER XVII AN UNDERSTANDING
25CHAPTER XVIII THE START
26CHAPTER XIX IN THE KINGDOM OF THE NIGHT
27CHAPTER XX BACK AGAIN IN HAARLEM
28CHAPTER XXI A GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER
29CHAPTER XXII A DOUBLE PLEDGE
30CHAPTER XXIII A SPY FROM THE CAMP
31CHAPTER XXIV THE BIRTH OF HATE
32CHAPTER XXV AN ARRANT KNAVE
33CHAPTER XXVI BACK TO HOUDEKERK
34CHAPTER XXVII THENCE TO ROTTERDAM
35CHAPTER XXVIII CHECK
36CHAPTER XXIX CHECK AGAIN
37CHAPTER XXX A NOCTURNE
38CHAPTER XXXI THE MOLENS
39CHAPTER XXXII A RUN THROUGH THE NIGHT
40CHAPTER XXXIII THE CAPTIVE LION
41CHAPTER XXXIV PROTESTATIONS
42CHAPTER XXXV THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE
43CHAPTER XXXVI BROTHER PHILOSOPHERS
44CHAPTER XXXVII DAWN
45CHAPTER XXXVIII THE HOUR
46CHAPTER XXXIX "SAUVE QUI PEUT"
47CHAPTER XL THE LOSER PAYS
48CHAPTER XLI "VENGEANCE IS MINE"
49CHAPTER XLII THE FIGHT IN THE DOORWAY
50CHAPTER XLIII LEYDEN ONCE MORE
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