
The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
By Baroness Emmuska Orczy OrczyLength14h 21m
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The Laughing Cavalier is a 1913 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy, which revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of Orczy's famous character, the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story takes place in Holland in 1623/1624 and is partly inspired by Frans Hals' painting The Laughing Cavalier: in the novel, Blake is Frans Hals' adopted son and the man who poses for the painting of the Laughing Cavalier. The sequel to this book, continuing the story of Percy Blake, is The First Sir Percy. (Wikipedia)
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length14 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26CHAPTER XXII: A DOUBLE PLEDGE
2AN APOLOGY
27CHAPTER XXIII: A SPY FROM THE CAMP
3THE PROLOGUE: HAARLEM—MARCH 29TH, 1623
28CHAPTER XXIV: THE BIRTH OF HATE
4THE ADVENTURE
29CHAPTER XXV: AN ARRANT KNAVE
5CHAPTER I: NEW YEAR'S EVE
30CHAPTER XXVI: BACK TO HOUDEKERK
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6CHAPTER II: THE FRACAS BY THE POSTERN GATE
31CHAPTER XXVII: THENCE TO ROTTERDAM
7CHAPTER III: AN INTERLUDE
32CHAPTER XXVIII: CHECK
8CHAPTER IV: WATCH-NIGHT
33CHAPTER XXIX: CHECK AGAIN
9CHAPTER V: BROTHER AND SISTER
34CHAPTER XXX: A NOCTURNE
10CHAPTER VI: THE COUNSELS OF PRUDENCE
35CHAPTER XXXI: THE MOLENS
11CHAPTER VII: THREE PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS
36CHAPTER XXXII: A RUN THROUGH THE NIGHT
12CHAPTER VIII: THE LODGINGS WHICH WERE PAID FOR
37CHAPTER XXXIII: THE CAPTIVE LION
13CHAPTER IX: THE PAINTER OF PICTURES
38CHAPTER XXXIV: PROTESTATIONS
14CHAPTER X: THE LAUGHING CAVALIER
39CHAPTER XXXV: THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE
15CHAPTER XI: THE BARGAIN
40CHAPTER XXXVI: BROTHER PHILOSOPHERS
16CHAPTER XII: THE PORTRAIT
41CHAPTER XXXVII: DAWN
17CHAPTER XIII: THE SPANISH WENCH
42CHAPTER XXXVIII: THE HOUR
18CHAPTER XIV: AFTER EVENSONG
43CHAPTER XXXIX: "SAUVE QUI PEUT"
19CHAPTER XV: THE HALT AT BENNEBROCK
44CHAPTER XL: THE LOSER PAYS
20CHAPTER XVI: LEYDEN
45CHAPTER XLI: "VENGEANCE IS MINE"
21CHAPTER XVII: AN UNDERSTANDING
46CHAPTER XLII: THE FIGHT IN THE DOORWAY
22CHAPTER XVIII: THE START
47CHAPTER XLIII: LEYDEN ONCE MORE
23CHAPTER XIX: IN THE KINGDOM OF THE NIGHT
48CHAPTER XLIV: BLAKE OF BLAKENEY
24CHAPTER XX: BACK AGAIN IN HAARLEM
49CHAPTER XLV: THE END
25CHAPTER XXI: A GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER