The Elusive Pimpernel

Chauvelin has set shore in England, and is plotting his revenge. He provokes Sir Percy to a duel, to take place on French soil. Sir Percy, for duty and adventure, cannot resist, and accepts the challenge. But Chauvelin has one trump card up his sleeve that Blakeney does not know about; his wife! Can Percy save Marguerite from the clutches of the revolutionaries? Will Chauvelin truly reduce the Pimpernel to shame and utter ruin? Is Sir Percy really just a drunken cur?!

*Original Publication Date:*		1908
*Setting:*		Late September - October, 1793
*Summary:*		Chauvelin has set shore in England, and is plotting his revenge. He provokes Sir Percy to a duel, to take place on French soil. Sir Percy, for duty and adventure, cannot resist, and accepts the challenge. But Chauvelin has one trump card up his sleeve that Blakeney does not know about; his wife! Can Percy save Marguerite from the clutches of the revolutionaries? Will Chauvelin truly reduce the Pimpernel to shame and utter ruin? Is Sir Percy really just a drunken cur?!
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