Sir Percy Hits Back heroic Scarlet Pimpernel, for help. Sir Percy Hits Back Sir Percy Hits Back is (chronologically) the ninth book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. It was first published in 1927. A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also published under the title "La Vengeance du Mouron Rouge". For young and pretty Fleurette the revolution seems far away until an aristocratic neighbouring family is threatened. The dangers become all too real, and she is accused of being a traitor. Can her father save her? Fleurette's father is Armand Chauvelin. The villainous agent is forced
Sir Percy first Group race success when beating Cool Creek by a neck in the Vintage Stakes at Goodwood. Sir Percy was then rested until returning in Britain's most prestigious two-year-old race, the Dewhurst Stakes, on 15 October. He was held up in the early stages before producing a powerful late run to take the lead inside the final furlong and win by a neck from the odds-onn favourite Horatio Nelson. Sir Percy made his seasonal debut in the 2000 Guineas on 6 May. He started 4/1 second favourite in a field of fourteen runners. He tracked the leaders for most of