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
Samad (fictional character) that character and named him Samad. Samad (fictional character) Samad (also Samad Agha; in Persian: صمد) is a fictional character created by Iranian director and actor, Parviz Sayyad. Samad was firstly characterized in a famous Iranian TV series, Sarkar Ostovar, as a country boy. In Sarkar Ostovar TV series there was a country naive boy without a name played by Parviz Sayyad who was frequently arrested for his ignorance. After doing a poll by Iran National Television, the series rated among the first popular shows and people were also asking why the country boy doesn't show up anymore. After that,