The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, "The Scarlet Pimpernel." Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, the book consists of eleven short stories about Sir Percy Blakeney's exploits in rescuing various aristos and French citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. The stories, which are listed below, are set in 1793 but appear in no particular order. They occasionally refer to events in other books in the series. Madeleine Lannoy, whose husband was killed at Versailles defending the Queen from the mob, has
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel the same street as her mother and that the Palmiers are frequently visited by an aristocrat, who was at Joséphine's house at the hour in question and is therefore the principal witness. Joséphine pales at this statement and insists that she was home alone with her maman. Cyrano and his gang fail to track down the witness, but back in court denounce Joséphine as an aristocrat whose real name is de Lamoignan and, much to the disgust of Achille, Gradin declares that he will marry her to get even with the mystery aristo... In January 1793, Citizen Campon, the Chief