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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution.It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just, the love interest, and Ian McKellen as Chauvelin, the antagonist.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is generally considered to be the first novel ever written that focuses on a masked hero with a dual identity. The dull and boring Sir Percy Blakeney’s secret identity as the daring Scarlet Pimpernel spawned an entire genre of books and comics that employ similar heroes with mysterious identities, most notably from the DC Comic publishing company.
Their only hope lies in rescue by the Scarlet Pimpernel, the daring leader of an English faction that spirits aristocrats across the Channel to safety. This historical adventure tale first appeared in 1905, but its irresistible blend of romance, intrigue, and suspense renders it timeless.
The Scarlet Pimpernelby Baroness Emmuska OrczyTHE LITERARY WORK A novel set in France and England in 1792; published in 1905.SYNOPSIS An English aristocrat risks his life to rescue members of the French upper class from being killed during the French Revolution Source for information on The Scarlet Pimpernel: Literature and Its Times dictionary.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon.
Anagallis arvensis (syn. Lysimachia arvensis), commonly known as the scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, red chickweed, poor man's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock, is a species of low-growing annual plant with brightly coloured flowers, most often scarlet but also bright blue and sometimes pink.
9 de nov. de 1982 · 比佐罗更早的，是1905年英国女作家 Baroness Emmuska Orczy的小说《红花侠》 (《 腥红色的繁笺花》)。故事描述法国大革命期间，法王路易十六被送上断头台，皇室和贵族也纷纷遭陷害。英国花花公子帕西化身为传说中的蒙面侠客红花侠，不断潜往法国, 出生入死抢救 ...
