A review by scandleriv
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

5.0

The fact this book was written at approximately the halfway point between the events it describes and my present reading of it helps to bridge the two worlds. Lush with melodramatic storytelling and high personal stakes, this adventure story is as much about the inner turmoil through which the narrator treads as it is about the heroic - legendary even - exploits of the book’s namesake. While the overall arc may have been predictable, I was never tempted to abandon my suspension of disbelief - and still found myself surprised at many of the thrills.