The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy 1931

This book is for some one who wants to own a very much collectable edition. In better condition and with dust jacket they are priced for almost R1000

Published by Cassell and Company Limited, 1931 hardcover

Cheap edition. Reprint. 316 pages.

Condition: poor to fair No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt decoration to front board. Clean pages with heavy tanning throughout. Gilt faded all over. Binding in fair condion. Still readable.

The Age of Reason has come to France, bringing with it murder, cruelty, and terror. As the nation's aristocrats are paraded to the guillotine, their children are handed over to revolutionary citizens for reeducation. Once a courtier at Versailles, Madeleine Lannoy now dances in the street, clinging to life so that she may one day visit revenge on Jean Paul Marat, the tyrant who stole her son. Her cause is hopeless until she meets a dashing Englishman named Sir Percy Blakeney, better known by his secret identity--the Scarlet Pimpernel. In this electrifying installment in the world-famous historical suspense series, Sir Percy outwits bloodthirsty agents of the Terror time and time again. When the rest of Europe has turned its back on the French nobility, the Scarlet Pimpernel does not hesitate to risk his life for what is just.