Romance, adventure, intrigue, history. This book has been my favorite for a few years now.
A daring emglishman, known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel, has been rescuing French Aristocrats headed for the guillotine and bringing them safely across the channel to England. He is nearly worshiped in English society, but is hated by the French.
The beautiful Marguerite Blakeney, the French wife of the very handsome, very rich, but very stupid Percy Blakeney, has been approached by a leader of the French government with an either-or choice that will decide the lives of those that she loves the most: Give up the location of the Scarlet Pimpernel, or her dear brother will die.
After fearing that she has betrayed her husband, she sneaks over to France to try to save him and her brother from certain death.
The book has well-created characters and lots of background information and details to give the story move believability and spice. It has been adapted into at least two movies and a musical, and a newer book series by Lauren Willig is also based loosely on the original book.
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