This is a story about a hero and his league of courage, who risk
their lives to help rescuing France leading leader. These peoples were
being acuse by the French citizen, and sentences to the guilloitine, for
the acusation of being a traitor to their country.
The story started out with a fascinating event that relates to many
events that happens lately in French. The Scarlet Pimpernel and his league
of courage rescued the Duc de Chalis and his family. But a clever move by
Scarlet is that he disguise as the captain. He wittingly also diguise his
men as a group of soldier. They fool the real guards by giving them order
to chase after an empty cart. On the other hand the Scarlet and his crew
rescue the Duc de Chalis family. Another diversity happen in the same day
with the Scarlet disguise as an old hag with her son who she(the Scarlet)
said that the son has the plague. But what the gates keeper didn't know
was the cart contain the Comtesse de Tournay and her two children. So all
in a day works save a few lives which will be put to death under the
guillotine by the over thrown citizens.
The main character of this book is the Scarlet Pimpernel or known
as Sir Percy Blakeney. He is the man of courage who with his crew has
saved many lives. In his everyday lives he acts as though he was a dull
but rich gentleman. While his business are daringly dangerous. His rival
fiend Chauvelin a French spy. He use many ways to try to find the identity
of the Scarlet Pimpernel. He even use his old friend Lady Blakeney. She
is Sir Percy wife and he love her very much. But due to her past. He has
hesitate to tell her his secret. Chauvelin asked her to help him find out
who is the Scarlet Pimpernel and capture him for French. But she couldn't
accept the offer, because she felt that it was wrong. Chauvelin then tell
Lady Blakeney about his arrest last night that he caught two m...