The Elusive Pimpernel

Chauvelin has learned who the Scarlet Pimpernel is, and this time he does not want an arrest — he wants Sir Percy Blakeney to walk into Boulogne of his own accord and choose between his wife and his honour. Orczy arrived in London from Hungary at fifteen with no English; a dozen publishers rejected the first Pimpernel before the stage version made it a phenomenon.