The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet
Pimpernel
or
A Gay Adventurer
by John Blakeney
Contents
Forward by Baroness
Orczy
Blakeney Family
Tree
Introduction: 1559-1766
I. The Laughing
Cavalier
II. Blake of Blakeney
III. Coat of Arms
Part One: Once Upon a Time...
I. Early Markings
II. Fags and Fists
III. Pranks and
Politics
IV. "That
Demmed Clever Woman..."
Part Two: The Scarlet Pimpernel
I. "A Hunting
We Will Go..."
II. "We Seek
Him Here, We Seek Him There..."
III. "Tally-ho!"
IV. "Those
Frenchies Seek Him Everywhere"
V. "Is He
in Heaven? Is He In Hell?"
VI. "That
Demmed Elusive Pimpernel!"
Part Three: "Happily Ever After..."
I. Routs and
Riots
II. "Daydreams...and
Nightmares"
III. The Last
Adventure
Appendices
Appendix I: League
Members
Appendix II: Those
Rescued
Appendix III: References