The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hardcover/Baroness Emmuska Orczy

In 1792, when the hated aristocrats were being mowed down in France by Madame Guillotine, an intrepid Englishman hid his identity under the nom-de-guerre of ``The Scarlet Pimpernel,`` and headed a band of twenty noblemen whose object was to save as many of the French aristocracy as possible.