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A review by passionfordeadleaves
El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
3.0
This is the Scarlet Pimpernel book that the watchers of the Anthony Andrew's Scarlet Pimpernel will be familiar with even if they've never heard of it. The film is an amalgam of elements of the first book and this one. So having watched the film it was interesting actually reading the book upon it was based.
Over all I generally enjoyed it. The build up in the beginning was quite good as everything is laid out, The plot with Armand and his "true love", I admit, I wasn't as fond of. But strangely enough, for me, the book got good when things got hard for Sir Percy. If you've seen the movie you sorta know what happens, but I won't give it away for those who haven't. But I will say that is where I started really enjoying the book. Sir Percy's impudent spirit is there even in hardship, a hardship much worse than in the film.
I would put El Dorado up there as one of the better Scarlet Pimpernel stories. I wasn't enamored of certain parts,which is why the rating is quite as high as it could be, but the parts that are good are excellent. Highly recommended.
Over all I generally enjoyed it. The build up in the beginning was quite good as everything is laid out, The plot with Armand and his "true love", I admit, I wasn't as fond of. But strangely enough, for me, the book got good when things got hard for Sir Percy. If you've seen the movie you sorta know what happens, but I won't give it away for those who haven't. But I will say that is where I started really enjoying the book. Sir Percy's impudent spirit is there even in hardship, a hardship much worse than in the film.
I would put El Dorado up there as one of the better Scarlet Pimpernel stories. I wasn't enamored of certain parts,which is why the rating is quite as high as it could be, but the parts that are good are excellent. Highly recommended.