Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

By: Baroness Orczy
Narrated by: Charlotte Sanderson
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £8.99

Buy Now for £8.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

“Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.”

There is more to Sir Percy Blakeney than meets the eye. Everyone (including his estranged wife) considers Percy to be nothing more than a fool. But among the exclusive group of Englishmen who form the League of the Pimpernel, he is a master swordsman and rescuer of French aristocrats from Madame la Guillotine.

At the height of the Reign of Terror, executions were a daily occurrence. Any members of the French aristocracy merely suspected of treason could be sentenced to death by the tribunal. There was no hope of justice or mercy, or even a fair trial. Only the Scarlet Pimpernel could rescue them from their fate and bring them to safety at the coast of England. With each rescue, the public prosecutor would find a paper with the image of a little red flower, a scarlet pimpernel.

The Scarlet Pimpernel blazed trails for other unlikely superheroes with a secret identity, including Batman, Zorro, Black Widow, and many more. Listen to this inAudio production and discover why Spiderman creator Stan Lee says the Scarlet Pimpernel is “the first character who could be called a superhero.”

Public Domain (P)2022 Spotify Audiobooks
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Three Musketeers (AmazonClassics Edition) cover art
The Old Man in the Corner cover art
A Tale of Two Cities cover art
Charles Dickens Classic: A Tale of Two Cities (Annotated) with a Historical Introduction cover art
The Hunchback of Notre Dame cover art
Uncle Bernac cover art
Around the World In 80 Days cover art
These Old Shades cover art
The Count of Monte Cristo [Classic Tales Edition] cover art
Mr Midshipman Hornblower cover art
Jane Eyre cover art
Mansfield Park cover art
Around the World in Eighty Days cover art
The Waringham Chronicles, Volume 1: The Runaway cover art
Down Lambeth Way cover art
Northanger Abbey cover art

What listeners say about The Scarlet Pimpernel

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.