The Laughing Cavalier & The First Sir Percy (eBook)

Historical Adventure Novels, Prequels to Scarlet Pimpernel

Emma Orczy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
570 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
978-80-268-8848-2 (ISBN)

Infos

"The Laughing Cavalier" revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel. In March 1623, the Dutch nobleman Willem, Lord of Stoutenburg, is on the run. His father, the statesman Johan was falsely accused of treason and sent to the gallows by the Stadtholder, Prince of Orange. Willem's brother Reinier has since been arrested and executed for plotting to kill the Prince. Stoutenburg is now a fugitive and determined to get his revenge.
"The First Sir Percy" is a sequel to The Laughing Cavalier, occurring a few months after the events in the first book. It is March 1624 in Holland. Two months earlier, a mercenary who calls himself "Diogenes" foiled the plot on the life of the Stadtholder, Prince of Orange. Now, he has finally met his real father, an English nobleman, and realized his true identity as Sir Percy Blake of Blakeney, heir to a large estate in Sussex.

Autor

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2018
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 17th century historical fiction • Adventurer ancestor lineage • all the light we cannot see • Dutch nobleman revenge • English aristocracy mystery • English nobleman inheritance • Game of Thrones • Historical adventure series • Holland revenge plot • House of Orange intrigue • Ken Follett • Outlander • Plot against royalty • Robert Graves • Secret identity adventure • The last kingdom • The Three Musketeers • The Wandering Jew • Tolkien • Walter Scott
• ISBN-10: 80-268-8848-0 / 8026888480
• ISBN-13: 978-80-268-8848-2 / 9788026888482