The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel [Hardcover]

Baroness Orczy (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (1934)
• ASIN: B000OHT7D0
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,801,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Percy does it again, November 29, 1999

By 

A. J. Denton (Barre, VT USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

A spunky young Parisian named Josette must find a way to help her best friend, a young mother whose husband has been murdered by the CGS, get out of France. She barters for their passage to England with some incriminating letters that the CGS is desperate to get ahold of. But when the plan falls apart and Josette herself is facing the guillotine, The Scarlet Pimpernel must spirit her away from the jaws of death. This is a well-crafted tale of intrigue, murder and romance. Percy is in top form battling Chauvelin and his goons. Chauvelin is particularly bloodthirsty in this one!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Least Favorite...but Still a Good Read, September 22, 2001

By A Customer

This book was as well-written as the rest, but I was disappointed to find that the Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir Percy is only really featured in the last ten pages of the book. While Josette was interesting enough...I wanted more of the hero for whom the book was named.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly Confusing, September 28, 2001

By 

ffoulkes "ffoulkes" (USA) - See all my reviews

The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel was a slight disapointment. The story didn't actually pick up until the last fifty pages and Sir Percy really wasn't in it that much. How exactly Sir Percy knew all about Josette's problems was never really explained nor did Orczy explain how he could go masquerading as a man with only one leg. Perhaps she meant that he had only one good leg or perhaps the reader should just accept that he could go masquerading as a man with only one leg simply because he is afterall, the Scarlet Pimpernel. If you've read any of the other Scarlet Pimpernel books you won't want to miss this one. It's worth reading just to see Chauvelin's reaction to again having his carefully laid schemes foiled.