Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy is a novel published in 1917. This sequel to "The Scarlet Pimpernel" follows Pierre Adet, a French peasant who assaults an aristocrat's daughter in 1789 and later seeks revenge by assuming a false identity in England. Years later, he manipulates his way into marrying Yvonne de Kernogan to lure her to France and the guillotine. When she elopes with Lord Antony Dewhurst instead, Adet kidnaps her, forcing Lord Tony to seek help from the legendary Scarlet Pimpernel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
These books are free to read. Each is in the public domain in the United States; check your own country's rules before you copy or share one.
