The Scarlet Pimpernel & Sir Percy Leads the Band (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Action-Adventure NovelsBy Emma Orczy
Length19h 57m
About this audiobook
The Scarlet Pimpernel & Sir Percy Leads the Band brings together two adventures of Sir Percy Blakeney, the foppish English aristocrat whose frivolous mask conceals the daring rescuer of victims of the French Revolution. Orczy's prose blends melodrama, romance, political suspense, and theatrical irony, placing drawing-room wit beside prison-cell peril. Within the tradition of historical adventure fiction, these tales helped define the masked-hero archetype, uniting chivalric rescue with modern espionage and disguise. Emma Orczy, born in Hungary and later resident in Britain, wrote with the imaginative perspective of an émigrée attuned to revolution, exile, class anxiety, and national identity. Her aristocratic background and fascination with performance shaped Sir Percy's double life: a social comedy of manners on the surface, and beneath it a counter-revolutionary drama of courage, loyalty, and moral conviction. This volume is recommended for readers interested in classic adventure, historical romance, and the origins of the secret-identity hero. Those who admire swift plotting, elegant deception, and moral spectacle will find Orczy's work both entertaining and culturally significant, a vivid example of popular fiction that continues to influence modern heroic narratives.
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
Length19 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 12, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel & Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Annotated)
44CHAPTER SIX News
2Introduction
45CHAPTER SEVEN Monsieur le Professeur
3Author Biography
46CHAPTER EIGHT Maurin the Lawyer
4Historical Context
47CHAPTER NINE Orders from the Chief
5Synopsis (Selection)
48CHAPTER TEN The Abbé Edgeworth
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6CHAPTER I PARIS: SEPTEMBER, 1792
49CHAPTER ELEVEN The Morning After
7CHAPTER II DOVER: "THE FISHERMAN'S REST"
50CHAPTER TWELVE A False Move
8CHAPTER III THE REFUGEES
51BOOK II THE DOCTOR
9CHAPTER IV THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
52CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Château de la Rodière
10CHAPTER V MARGUERITE
53CHAPTER FOURTEEN An Outrage
11CHAPTER VI AN EXQUISITE OF '92
54CHAPTER FIFTEEN Alarming News
12CHAPTER VII THE SECRET ORCHARD
55CHAPTER SIXTEEN Rumour and Counter-Rumour
13CHAPTER VIII THE ACCREDITED AGENT
56CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Timely Warning
14CHAPTER IX THE OUTRAGE
57CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Impending Trouble
15CHAPTER X IN THE OPERA BOX
58CHAPTER NINETEEN The League
16CHAPTER XI LORD GRENVILLE'S BALL
59CHAPTER TWENTY A Likely Ally
17CHAPTER XII THE SCRAP OF PAPER
60BOOK III MADEMOISELLE
18CHAPTER XIII EITHER — OR?
61CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Citizen Chauvelin
19CHAPTER XIV ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY!
62CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO At the Château
20CHAPTER XV DOUBT
63CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Rigaudon
21CHAPTER XVI RICHMOND
64CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR A Strange Proposal
22CHAPTER XVII FAREWELL
65BOOK IV THE TRAITOR
23CHAPTER XVIII THE MYSTERIOUS DEVICE
66CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Mutiny
24CHAPTER XIX THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
67CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Open Revolt
25CHAPTER XX THE FRIEND
68CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Treachery
26CHAPTER XXI SUSPENSE
69CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Check
27CHAPTER XXII CALAIS
70CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Checkmate
28CHAPTER XXIII HOPE
71CHAPTER THIRTY Dishonour
29CHAPTER XXIV THE DEATH-TRAP
72BOOK V THE CHIEF
30CHAPTER XXV THE EAGLE AND THE FOX
73CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Dream
31CHAPTER XXVI THE JEW
74CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Stratagem
32CHAPTER XXVII ON THE TRACK
75CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE The Bald Pate of Chance
33CHAPTER XXVIII THE PERE BLANCHARD'S HUT
76CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR The English Spy
34CHAPTER XXIX TRAPPED
77CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE An Unwelcome Guest
35CHAPTER XXX THE SCHOONER
78CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Duped
36CHAPTER XXXI THE ESCAPE
79CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN Accusing Spectres
37Sir Percy Leads the Band
80CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT Sister Anne
38BOOK I THE ABBÉ
81CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE The Canadian
39CHAPTER ONE The King on His Trial
82CHAPTER FORTY Remorse
40CHAPTER TWO Sentence
83CHAPTER FORTY-ONE Epilogue
41CHAPTER THREE The League
84Analysis
42CHAPTER FOUR January Twenty-first
85Reflection
43CHAPTER FIVE The Levets of Choisy
86Memorable Quotes
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