Francja czasów Wielkiej Rewolucji. Szaleje terror. Diabelski wynalazek – gilotyna – pozbawia życia tysiące arystokratów. Lecz oto pojawia się Szkarłatny Pimpernel. Szlachetny śmiałek ratuje od śmierci niewinnych ludzi, organizując ich...
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Автор: Orczy Baroness
Серия: The Scarlet Pimpernel #4
Язык: английский
Год: 1906
Статус: Закончена
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Juliette de Marny, last scion of an ancient ducal family, has sworn to ruin the man who killed her brother the Vicomte in a duel: Paul Déroulede, now a member of the Assembly. She learns four things while a guest in his house: her brother provoked...
Автор: Orczy Baroness
Серия: The Scarlet Pimpernel #2
Язык: английский
Год: 1936
Статус: Закончена
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The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel has disguised themselves as a group of shabby second-rate musicians, in order to save an innocent family from death. But Citizen Chauvelin is hot on their heels, and still looking for revenge against his bitter...
The year is 1793, the darkest days of the French revolution, and little Charles-Léon is ill. The delicate son of Louise and Bastien de Croissy is recommended country air, but travel permits are needed and impossible to come by. Louise's...
Sherlock Holmes' Female Rivals! This unique collection for connoisseurs of detection done female style brings back six of the greatest fictional women sleuths of the era of gaslights and horseless carriages. Fans of Kinsey Milhone and other...