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The classic story of the adventures of the scarlet pimpernel in revolutionary france. Within a few hours of the receipt of this impudent notice, the citoyens of the committee of. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in london, having opened in nottingham in 1903. His friends and foes know him only as the scarlet pimpernel. The scarlet pimpernel by baroness emmuska orczy orczy.
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