Lord Tony''s Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
English
By (author): Emmuska Orczy
An aristocrat and his daughter are targeted by a former peasant who hides his true identity to ingratiate himself into the world of French royalists. After gaining their trust, he attempts to marry the girl, but shes already eloped with another.
Pierre Adet is a French peasant who becomes obsessed with landowner, Duc de Kernogan and his daughter Yvonne. After experiencing unfair treatment and wages, he incites a mob against the aristocrat that proves unsuccessful. After escaping execution, he travels to England under an alias, creating a new life for himself alongside the upper-class. Despite past events, hes able to hide his identity to romantically pursue Yvonne. His plan goes awry when she falls in love with Lord Antony Dewhurst, whom she quickly marries. Infuriated, Adet kidnaps the new bride forcing Lord Antony to seek help from a trusted friend, the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Lord Tonys Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel is fueled by deception and revenge. One mans ongoing mission to destroy a family leads to a series of challenges and unexpected events. The Scarlet Pimpernel embarks on a new journey to save the love of ones life.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lord Tonys Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel is both modern and readable.
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