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Language English Pages 310 pp Country United Kingdom | 3.6/5 Goodreads Series The Scarlet Pimpernel Originally published 1932 Followed by Pimpernel and Rosemary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Preceded by The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel Genres Adventure fiction, Historical drama Similar Works by Emma Orczy, Scarlet Pimpernel books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First published in 1932, A Child of the Revolution is chronologically the last book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy.
Plot
During one return home, Sir Percy tells the story of André Vallon, a young Jacobin, to the Prince of Wales. André, wishing to revenge himself on a despotic seigneur, uses the Jacobins' rise to force the seigneur's daughter to marry him. Once wed, they come to love each other, only to have the old seigneur denounce André in an attempt to free his daughter.
References
A Child of the Revolution Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA