Perhaps the most famous alias of all time, The Scarlet Pimpernel hides
the identity of a British nobleman who, masked by various disguises,
leads a band of young men to undermine the Reign of Terror after the
French Revolution.
The Scarlet Pimpernel makes daring raid after daring raid into the heart
of France to save aristocrats condemned to the guillotine. At each
rescue, he leaves his calling card: a small, blood-red flower--a
pimpernel--mocking the power of Robespierre and his Committee of Public
Safety.
Having been told that his own wife was an informer who delivered an
aristocrat into the hands of the Committee, the Scarlet Pimpernel must
keep his identity and work a secret while he struggles against the love
he feels for her. Until the day her own brother is taken prisoner....
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