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
Neville Longbottom (Fictional Character) Neville Longbottom (Fictional Character) Neville Longbottom is a fictional character and fan favorite in J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series. Neville Longbottom comes from a pure-blood family. He was a student at Hogwarts as a Gryffindor. Neville Longbottom joined Hogwarts the same year that Harry potter Joined Hogwarts. Neville Longbottom was described as round-faced and "short and plump and blond". His parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom, were prominent Aurors and Order of the Phoenix members until they were tortured into insanity, through the use of the cruciatus curse, by a group of Death Eaters led by Bellatrix Lestrange. Neville was subsequently