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The Elusive Pimpernel

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First published: 1908
Pages: 236

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Paris: 1793
12:22
A Retrospect
8:33
Ex-Ambassador Chauvelin
16:55
The Richmond Gala
17:41
Sir Percy and His Lady
8:13
For the Poor of Paris
17:00
Premonition
7:47
The Invitation
6:15
Demoiselle Candeille
13:17
Lady Blakeney's Rout
9:25
The Challenge
16:13
Time - Place - Conditions
22:59
Reflections
5:49
The Ruling Passion
14:56
Farewell
12:26
The Passport
10:01
Boulogne
17:00
No. 6
18:47
The Strength of the Weak
10:30
Triumph
8:17
Suspense
6:59
Not Death
20:48
The Hostage
19:52
Colleagues
14:45
The Unexpected
17:55
The Terms of the Bargain
18:19
The Decision
4:20
The Midnight Watch
13:37
The National Fete
12:16
The Procession
12:06
Final Dispositions
12:46
The Letter
12:50
The English Spy
12:49
The Angelus
9:17
Marguerite
7:06

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The Elusive Pimpernel was published in 1908 and is the second Pimpernel novel Orczy wrote. The setting is the same French Revolution period. Chauvelin, the relentless French agent from the first book, has not given up on capturing Sir Percy Blakeney, and the novel functions essentially as a long set-piece rematch.

Marguerite has settled into her role as the Pimpernel's wife and full collaborator. Chauvelin's plan this time involves a sequence of escalating traps in northern France, with multiple rescues of condemned aristocrats running in parallel under Percy's coordination. There is a long sequence at Boulogne where Chauvelin believes he finally has Percy cornered. There is a daring escape at sea. The novel was hugely popular at the time and helped solidify the Pimpernel as a sustainable franchise rather than a one-off success. Modern readers may find the pacing repetitive in places after the original novel, but the cat-and-mouse dynamics between Percy and Chauvelin are sharpened in the rematch.

About the author

Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, usually known as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.

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