The Laughing Cavalier (novel) of Sir Percy Blakeney, known to history as the Scarlet Pimpernel." EMMUSKA ORCZY <br>Haarlem, 1913 The Laughing Cavalier (novel) The Laughing Cavalier is a 1913 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy, which revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of Orczy's famous character, the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story takes place in Holland in 1623/1624 and is partly inspired by Frans Hals' painting "The Laughing Cavalier": in the novel, Blake is Frans Hals' adopted son and the man who poses for the painting of the Laughing Cavalier. The sequel to this book, continuing the story of Percy Blake, is "The
Sir Percy Sir Percy remained in training for 2007 but failed to win in three starts. His first race of the season came in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on 31 March. He was struck into just after the field left the stalls but ran on to finish fourth to Vengeance of Rain. For his next race on 1 June he returned to Epsom to contest the Coronation Cup, finishing sixth of the seven runners behind Scorpion. On his final racecourse appearance Sir Percy was last of the six runners behind Manduro in the 2007 Prince of Wales's