The First Sir Percy The First Sir Percy The First Sir Percy is a 1920 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy featuring Sir Percy Blake, ancestor of Orczy's character The Scarlet Pimpernel. It is a direct sequel to "The Laughing Cavalier", occurring a few months after the events in the first book. It is March 1624 in Holland. Two months earlier, a mercenary/adventurer who calls himself "Diogenes" foiled the plot on the life of the Stadtholder. Now, he has finally met his real father, an English nobleman, and realized his true identity as Sir Percy Blake of Blakeney, heir to a large estate in Sussex.
Justina Blakeney Justina Blakeney Justina Blakeney is a Los Angeles, California-based designer and author known for her “boho” aesthetic. Her first book, "The New Bohemians: Cool and Collected Homes," was a New York Times bestseller. Blakeney grew up in Berkeley, California. Her father is African-American and Native American, and her mother is of Eastern European Jewish descent. She states that this multi-ethnic background and California upbringing influenced her bohemian aesthetic. She graduated from UCLA in 2001 with a B.A. in World Arts and Cultures. Blakeney named her design and lifestyle blog “Jungalow,” a combination of jungle and bungalow. Using the blog and