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
Keloğlan (fictional character) Keloğlan (fictional character) Keloğlan is a fictional figure in Turkish folklore and literature. "Kel" means "bald" and "oğlan" means "boy" . In tales, Keloğlan is a poor and witty boy lived during the Ottoman Empire times. There are many Keloğlan tales.In these tales Keloğlan usually has an old and widowed mother. In a few tales, he also has a father and brothers. His main antagonist is a man named "Köse" (literally "beardless") In some tales a sultan, a vizier a kadı (judge) or even a giant or a fairy may also be one of his antagonists. In all such tales