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Hace 5 días · During the French Revolution, Englishman Sir Percy Blakeney (David Niven) dons an outlandish disguise to become the Scarlet Pimpernel, and rescues doomed French aristocrats from the guillotine, sneaking them to safety in London.
Hace 4 días · That damned elusive Pimpernel. Famous words from Baroness Emmuska Orczy’s The Scarlett Pimpernel which described the heroic elusiveness of the main character as he managed rescue upon rescue of captured prisoners during the French Revolution. Being elusive is the heart of the success of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Hace 5 días · It is based on J. P. Gallagher’s book The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican, which was published in 1967, which tells the true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish Catholic priest who,...
Hace 2 días · Napoleonic Wars. To celebrate Moonlight Masquerade, we’re running a special week-long contest. Starting today through next Friday, March 22, we’ll feature Regency quiz questions at the end of each post. To enter the contest, you’ll need to correctly answer the questions in the comment section below. For every correct answer, your name ...
Hace 4 días · Inspired by Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel, this British thriller follows an archeology professor, played by Leslie Howard, who secretly leads a daring rescue operation to save innocent victims from the clutches of the Nazis.
Hace 4 días · As the 19th century became the 20th such stories proliferated in different settings – Zorro, The Scarlet Pimpernel. Such stories were largely escapist – dreaming of a way to make the world a better place.
Hace 5 días · Some might think the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel are just the stuff of adventure novels. But when time travel is perfected several hundred years in our future, it is discovered that the French Revolution critically depends on this daring Englishman, and then an accident results in him being killed before he even starts his grand carreer...
