DOCSLIB.ORG

Lord Tony's Wife Online

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Lord Tony's Wife Online ZyYRC (Read free) Lord Tony's Wife Online [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife Pdf Free Baroness Emmuska Orczy DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #7380346 in Books 2013-09-26Original language:English 10.00 x .48 x 8.00l, #File Name: 1466251093212 pages | File size: 78.Mb Baroness Emmuska Orczy : Lord Tony's Wife before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Lord Tony's Wife: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. More Sir Percy, Please!By Karen AmrheinThis is my ninth Scarlet Pimpernel book, so it's reasonable for you to assume that I enjoy Baroness Orczy's books. I do. I love the character of Sir Percy Blakeney / the Scarlet Pimpernel, but that's also the problem. In this, and some of the other sequels, there's just not enough of him!About a third of "Lord Tony's Wife" is quite wonderful. The story is exciting, Sir Percy and the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel are "on screen" doing their thing. Sadly, there's also a long slog through the nasty details of The Terror and the entirely unappealing characters of Representative Carrier and Citizen Martin-Roget / Pierre Adet. The unsavoriness of the French Revolution is spelled out in far too much length, especially for anyone who has read the original "Scarlet Pimpernel" (and why would you be reading this sequel else?) or any of the other sequels."Lord Tony's Wife" has three sections -- Prologue: Nantes, 1789; Book I: Bath, 1793; and Book II: Nantes, December, 1793. The prologue establishes the characters of Pierre Adet (later Martin-Roget), M. le duc de Kernogan, and his daughter Yvonne de Kernogan (later, Lord Tony's wife). All three come across as pretty unlikeable, though ironically, Pierre Adet is the most sympathetic of the three, since he is treated completely unjustly. Still, the prologue is exciting and fast-paced.Book I is a lot of fun. We get Sir Percy / the Scarlet Pimpernel in both iterations and we have Marguerite and various members of the League. We also have Martin-Roget (né Pierre Adet) -- now entirely unlikeable, and Yvonne de Kernogan -- now entirely sympathetic. Yvonne's transformation from cruel aristocrat to heroine apparently occurs "off stage", since from the end of the Prologue to the beginning of Book I we must simply accept the fact that she's now the one to cheer for. All that aside, Book I is a lot of fun.Book II is rather dreary. Mostly, it consists of descriptions of the various cruelties and cruel personalities of The Terror as practiced in Nantes. It's a long while before the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel appears to set things to rights. As ever, whenever Sir Percy is on the page, the story just shines. "Lord Tony's Wife" -- and each of the Scarlet Pimpernel sequels, for that matter -- falters only in not giving us enough of him. Long live the Scarlet Pimpernel!For the record "Lord Tony's Wife" was published in 1917 and is the third of the Scarlet Pimpernel sequels by order of publication, or the seventh by order of events.Here is a list of Sir Percy books (not including Scarlet Pimpernel prequels or sequels that don't feature Sir Percy), by order of events (publication date in parentheses): The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936), The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919), I Will Repay (1906), The Elusive Pimpernel (1908), Eldorado (1913), Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940), Lord Tony's Wife (1917), Sir Percy Hits Back (1927), Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1929), The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922), A Child of the Revolution (1932). "League" and "Adventures" are short story collections.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One Of Orczy's Best!By Leonna BurnsLord Percy advises and helps the gallant Lord Tony to secretly wed his beloved, Yvonne. The plot is fresh and vibrant, sad and trecherous, happy and chivalrous, detailing more on The Reign Of Terror and how it affected the smaller towns, all in one book!Orczy's books take you there! Late 1700's - early 1800's! I feel as if I had been there! What great writing!With the help of a disgruntled and vengeful peasant, Yvonne's father helps kidnap her from Lord Tony, taking her to a place where the peasant plans to marry her, even though she is already married, to make her life miserable, or she and her father will die.Enter Chauvelin, Lord Tony, and Sir Percy Blakeny and the story rocks along. You will absolutely LOVE how Sir Percy, AKA The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Lord Tony rescue Yvonne and whisk her away in Chauvelin's own carriage! :o) Foiled again! The humor, daring, and seriousness of each situation is true to Sir Percy as well as attributed to Lord Tony.I highly recommend this and all of Orczy's books!Enjoy!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Loved it!By C. EstradaLoved it - a must for any Scarlet Pimpernel fan! I read the original years ago but only recently discovered that Orczy had written numerous sequels, and I'm enjoying every one! Working through the plot twists is like following Columbo as he tries to solve a mystery; it's no surprise that Orczy also wrote detective novels. The whole concept is just so much fun! Interestingly, though, she remains true to the historical reality of the period at the same time. Enjoy! This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library. [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife By Baroness Emmuska Orczy PDF [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife By Baroness Emmuska Orczy Epub [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife By Baroness Emmuska Orczy Ebook [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife By Baroness Emmuska Orczy Rar [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife By Baroness Emmuska Orczy Zip [ZyYRC.ebook] Lord Tony's Wife By Baroness Emmuska Orczy Read Online.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Bronze Eagle, by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1
    The Bronze Eagle, by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1 CHAPTER PAGE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII The Bronze Eagle, by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Bronze Eagle, by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Author: Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy Release Date: July 2, 2008 [eBook #25955] Language: English The Bronze Eagle, by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 2 Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BRONZE EAGLE*** E-text prepared by Steven desJardins and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) THE BRONZE EAGLE by BARONESS ORCZY * * * * * By BARONESS ORCZY THE BRONZE EAGLE A BRIDE OF THE PLAINS THE LAUGHING CAVALIER "UNTO CAESAR" EL DORADO MEADOWSWEET THE NOBLE ROGUE THE HEART OF A WOMAN PETTICOAT RULE GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY NEW YORK * * * * * THE BRONZE EAGLE A Story of the Hundred Days by BARONESS ORCZY Author of "The Laughing Cavalier," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," Etc., Etc. [Illustration] New York George H. Doran Company Copyright, 1915, by Baroness Orczy Copyright, 1915, by George H. Doran Company This novel was published serially, under the title of "Waterloo" CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 3 CHAPTER PAGE THE LANDING AT JOUAN 9 I.
    [Show full text]
  • Thd Old Man in the Corner /By Baroness Orczy
    mUNIFORM EDITION orczyI. M(MMb 7 Q &-V Z> l I o Presented to the LIBRARIES of the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO by David Bernhardt THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER LIBRARY EDITION OF BARONESS ORCZY’S FAMOUS NOVELS Price 3/6 each 1 The Scarlet Pimpernel 2 I Will Repay 3 The Emperor’s Candlesticks 4 By the God’s Beloved 5 Beau Brocade 6 A Son of the People 7 The Tangled Skein 8 The Old Man in the Corner 9 The Nest of the Sparrowhawk HODDER AND STOUGHTON Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/thdoldmanincorneOOorcz “ The old man in the corner. Frontispiece. THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER By BARONESS ORCZY Author of “Eldorado” “ The Scarlet Pimpernel” etc. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO | ^!uiiiiiiuiiiiiiii!miiii[iiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiitmiiuimmiiii!!!!!miiiiiiuimiu Eldorado I By | Baroness I orczy| Recounting the Scarlet I | | Pimpernel’s greatest ad- | | venture. 6/- | | HODDER AND STOUGHTON | Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii? TO MY DEAR UNCLE AND AUNT COUNT AND COUNTESS WASS OF CZEGE IN REMEMBRANCE OF MANY HAPPY DAYS SPENT IN TRANSYLVANIA October, igoS CONTENTS CHAPTER VAGI ^ I. The Fenchurch Street Mystery 11 ( II. A Millionaire in the Dock • • 22 III. His Deduction . 38 - IV. The Robbery in Phillimorb Terrace 43 V. A Night’s Adventure . 52 VI. All He Knew • • 64 — VII. The York Mystery • * 70 VIII. The Capital Charge • * 78 IX. A Broken-hearted Woman . 94 — X. The Mysterious Death on the Under- ground Railway • 100! j XI. Mr. Errington . 11 7 — XII. The Liverpool Mystery 131 XIII. A Cunning Rascal 144 . - XIV.
    [Show full text]
  • THE Scarlet Pimpernel
    BARONESS ORCZY COMPLETE THE Scarlet CLASSICS Pimpernel UNABRIDGED Read by Bill Homewood With the Reign of Terror at its peak, and the death toll mounting, France’s violent revolutionists suddenly find themselves frustrated by a mysterious vigilante. Known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, the enigmatic hero rescues the country’s ill-fated aristocrats from the doom of the guillotine and whisks them away to safety, with a band of gallant cohorts at his aid. Meanwhile, in England, beautiful Frenchwoman and former actress Lady Marguerite Blakeney finds herself drifting apart from her inane and foppish husband Sir Percy Blakeney – until Marguerite’s brother is found to be in league with the Pimpernel and the villainous Chauvelin blackmails her into discovering the true identity of the masked man… Bill Homewood is well known for his innumerable television Total running time: 9:54:07 performances and leading credits in the West End and for the RSC. View our catalogue online at n-ab.com/cat His other recordings for Naxos AudioBooks include She, Tom Jones, The Red & the Black, The Three Musketeers, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Four Just Men series and Les Misérables. 1 The Scarlet Pimpernel 9:58 21 Chapter 12 9:15 2 The guards at the gates had been doubled... 9:27 22 Barely another thirty seconds had elapsed... 9:58 3 Chapter 2 9:20 23 Chapter 13 5:36 4 ‘Lud! did you ever see such a wet September…’ 12:44 24 Chapter 14 9:51 5 Chapter 3 8:45 25 He was preparing to go..
    [Show full text]
  • THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL by Baroness Orczy
    THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL by Baroness Orczy Marguerite said nothing for a moment or two, as she surveyed with obvious delight the not very prepossessing little figure before her. Chauvelin was then nearer forty than thirty--a clever, shrewd-looking personality, with a curious fox- like expression in the deep, sunken eyes. He was the same stranger who an hour or two previously had joined Mr. Jellyband in a friendly glass of wine. “Chauvelin . my friend . .” said Marguerite, with a pretty little sigh of satisfaction. “I am mightily pleased to see you.” No doubt poor Marguerite St. Just, lonely in the midst of her grandeur, and of her starchy friends, was happy to see a face that brought back memories of that happy time in Paris, when she reigned--a queen—over the intellectual coterie of the Rue de Richelieu. She did not notice the sarcastic little smile, however, that hovered round the thin lips of Chauvelin. “But tell me,” she added merrily, “what in the world, or whom in the world, are you doing here in England?” “I might return the subtle compliment, fair lady,” he said. “What of yourself?” “Oh, I?” she said, with a shrug of the shoulders. “Je m’ennuie, mon ami, that is all.” They had reached the porch of “The Fisherman’s Rest,” but Marguerite seemed loth to go within. The evening air was lovely after the storm, and she had found a friend who exhaled the breath of Paris, who knew Armand well, who could talk of all the merry, brilliant friends whom she had left behind.
    [Show full text]
  • Honors 9Th Grade Summer Reading: the SCARLET PIMPERNEL by Baroness Orczy
    Honors 9th Grade Summer Reading: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL by Baroness Orczy Reading Journal ­ While reading, compose a “Reader’s Journal,” chronicling your thoughts about the selected book. The number of required journal entries is ten. You may turn it in during open house for bonus points. All entries must be typed and contain proper grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Each entry must have a minimum of 250 words. Each journal entry is worth 10 points, for a total of 100 points. The journal will be submitted electronically in one single document. Do NOT send the entries one­by­one as separate documents! Please submit your entries to [email protected] Journal entries should: 1. Reflect honest reactions to text. 2. Record relevant quotations from the book, and 3. Include identification of themes and major plot events. All journal entries must be the student’s original work and in the student’s own words. Any amount of plagiarism, however large or small, will result in a zero. Please do not consult with other students or shmoop about your content. Please remember that these journal entries are not just about plot summary but about what you think and feel as you read. Just give enough plot summary to make clear what you are writing about. Here are some ideas on how to begin your journals: ♦ This character reminds me of… ♦ This character is like (name of character) in (name of work) because… ♦ I think the relationship between ______ and _______ is interesting because… ♦ I love/hate (name of character) because… ♦ This situation reminds me of a similar situation that happened to me when… ♦ The character I most admire is _______ because… ♦ If I were (name of character) at this point, I would… I hope you have a great summer! Mr Dean .
    [Show full text]
  • Literature Guide the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
    Literature Guide The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy Chapter 1 1. What is the setting of this book? Paris. September 1792, French Revolution 2. What was the French Revolution about? The peasants rose up above the aristocracy and killed them by means of the guillotine 3. How were the aristocrats trying to escape? By disguising themselves as peasants as they tried to escape to England 4. Who was Sergeant Bibbot? One of the republicans who searched out aristocrats in disguise. He guarded the West Barricade 5. Who was Citoyen Foucquer-Tinville? A patriot who presided over the Committee of Public Safety (a group who sentenced the aristocrats who tried to escape 6. What is a Scarlet Pimpernel? A star-shaped flower 7. What rumor was causing grief among the Committee? That a group of Englishmen were helping aristocrats escape to England, very successfully 8. Who was spreading this rumor? Someone who signed the notes with a Scarlet Pimpernel 9. Why did Citoyen Grospierre go to the guillotine? He let an entire family escape via a cart driven by the Scarlet Pimpernel himself 10. What did the French citizens think of the guillotine? They thought it was great amusement and fun to watch. Why do you think that is? 11. How did the old Hag trick Bibbot into letting her leave? He saw her there a few days before. She seemed to be enjoying the guillotine. She mentioned small-pox and taunted the guard that he was afraid of it. 12. Who was the old Hag and what was she carrying? The Scarlet Pimpernel (SP).
    [Show full text]
  • I Will Repay
    I Will Repay Baroness Emmuska Orczy Release Date: February, 2004 [EBook #5090] 1 i The Project Gutenberg EBook of I Will Repay, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (#4 in our series by Baroness Emmuska Orczy) Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the \legal small print," and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: I Will Repay Author: Baroness Emmuska Orczy Release Date: February, 2004 [EBook #5090] Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule [This file was first posted on April 24, 2002] Edition: 10 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, I WILL REPAY *** This Etext was prepared by [email protected], Project Gutenberg volunteer. Contents Contents .......................................... ii I PROLOGUE. .................................. 2 I Paris: 1783. ....................................... 2 II II ............................................. 7 II Paris :1793 The outrage. ........................... 12 III Citizen-Deputy.
    [Show full text]
  • Literary Landmarks of Northern Italy
    Literary Landmarks of Northern Italy 25 SEP – 17 OCT 2017 Code: 21732 Tour Leaders Susannah Fullerton, David Henderson Physical Ratings Immerse yourself in the writing and art of Northern Italy, with its own writers – Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio – and those authors wanting a share of its magic – Keats, Byron, Goethe and many more. Overview Tour Highlights A literary tour of Northern Italy led by Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, with the assistance of award-winning artist David Henderson Drink prosecco in the Florence home of poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning at a private reception. Sail across the Bay of Poets, beloved of Shelley and Byron, see Byron’s Grotto and enjoy glorious views of this part of the Ligurian coast. Visit the house by the Spanish Steps where young John Keats died far too young, and put flowers on his grave in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Enjoy a private visit to La Foce, the 15th-century home of novelist Iris Origo, where her daughter will show us around and where we will have lunch. Admire famous artworks in galleries and churches around Northern Italy, with art expert David Henderson as a guide. See artworks which have inspired novels and poems and hear opinions about them from some of the great writers who came before us. Have fun in a cooking demonstration learning traditional Italian recipes and dine in restaurants where Hemingway, Henry James, Casanova, Goethe and many other famous writers took coffee or enjoyed dinner. Discover and get to know the homes and works of Italian authors who might not be so familiar to you – Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, D’Annunzio, Pirandello, Eugenio Montale, Carlo Goldoni and others.
    [Show full text]
  • Fb37y (Mobile Ebook) the Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (English Edition) Online
    fb37y (Mobile ebook) The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (English Edition) Online [fb37y.ebook] The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (English Edition) Pdf Free Par Baroness Orczy audiobook | *ebooks | Download PDF | ePub | DOC Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook Détails sur le produit Rang parmi les ventes : #337995 dans eBooksPublié le: 2009-12-26Sorti le: 2009-12- 26Format: Ebook Kindle | File size: 26.Mb Par Baroness Orczy : The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (English Edition) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (English Edition): Commentaires clientsCommentaires clients les plus utiles1 internautes sur 1 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile. L'ancêtre de ZorroPar AspasieOui, car Zorro n'est qu'un avatar du Scarlet Pimpernel ! Et le Scarlet Pimpernel ne doit rien à Zorro, c'est un livre, avec une intrigue quasi policière, au temps où la Terreur chassait de France royalistes et autres privilégiés, ce qui donne une autre vision de la Révolution française qu'on aborde toujours sous l'angle du sans-culotte. Non, tous les nobles n'étaient pas méchants et bons pour la guillotine.....merci à nos ennemis héréditaires messieurs les Anglais de les avoir aidés.0 internautes sur 0 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile. "It was the sound of a good, solid, absolutely British `Damn!'"Par bernieI first saw several movie versions of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and always wanted to see the Play. With the purchase of a Kindle and text-to-speech I could not afford to pass up the book.I was amazed to see that the book started out like the movies with the telling of the blood lust of the French revolution and how one man for the sport of it saved many from the guillotine thwarting the authorities and tricking the sergeant at the city gate into letting him through.Then I was afraid the story was going to bog down as we took a long time to drudge through a scene in an inn.
    [Show full text]
  • La "Primula Rossa" Una Scrittrice Ungherese Che Scrisse in Inglese: La Baronessa Emma (Emmuska) Orczy
    Maria H. Kakucska LA "PRIMULA ROSSA" UNA SCRITTRICE UNGHERESE CHE SCRISSE IN INGLESE: LA BARONESSA EMMA (EMMUSKA) ORCZY Uno dei maggiori successi internazionali della letteratura d'intratte- nimento del primo Novecento in Europa fu il romanzo storico-poliziesco, The Scarlat Pimpernel, cioè La Primula rossa della baronessa Emma (Em- muska) Orczy, discendente di una famosa famiglia nobile dell'Ungheria. Il baronato alla famiglia Orczy fu donato dall'imperatore Carlo VI per i meriti militari contro il turco del bisnonno della scrittrice, István Orczy (1658-1710), il quale dopo la guerra d'indipendenza del Principe Ferenc Rákóczi II nel 1714 divenne ispettore militare della regione Jász- Kun, partecipando alle campagne militari di Eugenio di Savoia. Suo fi- glio secondogenito, Lőrinc Orczy de Tarnaörs, oltre a succedere al padre come governatore di una delle regioni più grandi dell'Ungheria, fu an- che uno dei poeti più famosi della seconda metà del Settecento, principe e precursore della nuova letteratura dell'Illuminismo ungherese. Ebbe cinque figli, tra questi il nonno della scrittrice. Il padre di Emmuska, Félix Bódog Orczy si sposò con Emma Wass, discendente di una delle famiglie storiche della Transilvania1. Félix Bódog Orczy, che compì i suoi studi superiori in Germania e in Francia, era un patito della mu- sica classica moderna, ammiratore e amico di Ferenc Liszt e Richard Wagner. Tra il 1870 e il 1873 fu sovraintendente musicale del Teatro Nazionale di Budapest, poi direttore della Società Filarmonica unghe- rese. La sua opera II rinnegato fu presentata all'Opera di Londra nel 1880. Dopo la nascita delle due figlie, Madeleine ed Emmuska (Tarnaörs 1865 - London 1947) i genitori decisero di trasferirsi prima a Bruxel- les, poi nel 1980 in Inghilterra.
    [Show full text]
  • I Will Repay Online
    1cdah [Download pdf ebook] I Will Repay Online [1cdah.ebook] I Will Repay Pdf Free Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy ebooks | Download PDF | *ePub | DOC | audiobook Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook 2013-06-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .44 x 6.00l, .59 #File Name: 1490388893194 pages | File size: 51.Mb Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy : I Will Repay before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised I Will Repay: 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Just SillyBy Douglas J. BassettIn Revolutionary-era France, a woman is saved from a rabid mob by the man who killed her brother years ago, the man she's sworn to destroy.I have a fairly high tolerance for melodrama and melodramatic sequences and even I found this one just plain silly. Orczy on some level seems to agree, as she starts the book with a long explanation/justification for a character who would do such odd things in the story -- presumably to try and make her more plausible? I guess? I'm not sure it really works, at the very least you can feel the heavy degree of contrivance in it. The love interest, humorously, is just stick-stone stupid -- it's the only way the melodrama/story can play out, but it's impossible to take him seriously. Basically beefcake, to be honest about it, just done a little more sophisticated than one is used to seeing nowadays.My guess is that this was a test run to see if a series was possible -- the Scarlet Pimpernel appears here, but strictly in a supporting role.
    [Show full text]
  • Children's Books Literary Autographs Games
    Children's Books, Literary Autographs 19th & 20th Century First Editions 21 JANUARY 2021 CHILDREN’S BOOKS LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS GAMES, PLAYING CARDS & TOYS 19TH & 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITIONS 21 January 2021 COMMENCING 10am VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT Monday 11 January 2021 to Tuesday 19 January 2021 (excluding weekends) AUCTIONEERS Nathan Winter Chris Albury Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5UQ T: +44 (0) 1285 860006 E: [email protected] www.dominicwinter.co.uk IMPORTANT SALE INFORMATION: COVID-19 Please note that in accordance with current UK Government restrictions relating to Covid-19 this auction will be held without public attendance on the day of the sale. We are, however, pleased to be able to offer public viewing of the sale by appointment, over a period of seven weekdays leading up to the sale (Monday 11 January to Tuesday 19 January, excluding weekends). To request an appointment please email [email protected] or call us on 01285 860006. All lots are fully illustrated on our website (www.dominicwinter.co.uk) and all our specialist staff are ready to provide detailed condition reports and additional images on request. We recommend that customers visit the online catalogue regularly as extra lot information and images will be added in the lead-up to the sale. CONDITION REPORTS Condition reports now including video conferencing can be requested in the following ways: T: +44 (0)1285 860006 E: [email protected] Via the relevant lot page on our website www.dominicwinter.co.uk BIDDING Customers may submit commission bids or request to bid by telephone in the following ways: T: +44 (0)1285 860006 E: [email protected] Via the relevant lot page on our website www.dominicwinter.co.uk Live online bidding is available on our website www.dominicwinter.co.uk (surcharge of 3% + vat): a live bidding button will appear 30 minutes before the sale commences.
    [Show full text]