{"product_id":"the-scarlet-pimpernel-by-baroness-orczy-9781473697195","title":"The Scarlet Pimpernel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaroness Orczy's\u003c\/em\u003e classic tale of adventure during the French Revolution. Also available as an unabridged audiobook, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParis, 1792.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Terror has begun. Every day, scores of the French nobility are delivered to the guillotine. Trapped in the capital, they have no way of escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut rumours abound of a league of young English gentlemen who are risking their lives to spirit French aristocrats away to safety across the Channel. Led by a man known only as the 'Scarlet Pimpernel', they leave no trace behind them save a single note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to stop them, ruthless spymaster Chauvelin travels to England and embarks on a quest to uncover the identity of their leader, forcing the Scarlet Pimpernel and his men to summon all their courage and wits to evade capture and stay alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eTHE SCARLET PIMPERNEL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who feels that their outward manner is but a travesty of their inner self can hardly fail to respond to \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Pimpernel\u003c\/em\u003e\" - \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Baroness Orczy invented the \"masked avenger\" genre of fiction - the swashbuckling hero of dual identity. Her progeny include Zorro, Superman, The Lone Ranger and many others.\" - \u003cem\u003eAudiofile Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600270475500,"sku":"9781473697195","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781473697195-the-scarlet-pimpernel.jpg?v=1777987252","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-scarlet-pimpernel-by-baroness-orczy-9781473697195","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}