Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library
is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much
loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality
paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan
Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
The French Revolution is in full swing and the aristocracy are being
sent to the guillotine in their hundreds. In the shadows, English dandy
Sir Peter Blakeney - working under his alter ego, the Scarlet
Pimpernel - is breaking the condemned out of prison and leaving his
distinctive calling card, a picture of a red flower, to torment the
French authorities. A master of disguise, infamous escape artist and
flamboyant swordsman, his identity is such a closely guarded secret that
even his wife is in the dark. But, with enemy agents on close his tail,
his failure to trust her might be his undoing.
The very first hero with a secret identity, the Scarlet Pimpernel is a
worthy precursor to Zorro and Batman. His daring antics (and undeniable
flair) are just as delightful today as they were a century ago.
This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Scarlet
Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy features an introduction by Dame Hilary
Mantel, the Booker prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the
Bodies.
