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The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Paperback
Series: Mint Editions (Grand Adventures)
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9781513272207
Publisher: Mint Ed
Published: Mar 2 2021
Pages: 340
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Percy Blake, the forefather of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is hired to kidnap a young woman with sensitive information regarding the potential assassination of a prince. It's a complex family drama that ties into a mystery surrounding an artist's most acclaimed work.
Percy Blake is the adopted son of Dutch painter Frans Hals. He was originally born to an English nobleman who eventually abandoned he and his mother. Set in seventeenth-century Holland, Blake works on the streets under the alias, Diogenes. He's a mercenary who's hired to kidnap a young woman who discovers her brother is a part of plot to kill the Prince of Orange. To prevent her from spoiling their plans, Blake apprehends his target but slowly has a change of heart.
The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a rich blend of fact and fiction. Baroness Orczy expands the legend of the famous hero in a new and exciting way.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel is both modern and readable.
Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.
With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
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