Pimpernel and Rosemary

Pimpernel and Rosemary is a novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, originally published in 1924. It is set after the First World War and features Peter Blakeney, a descendant of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Percy Blakeney).[1]

Pimpernel and Rosemary
Cover of the 1924 First edition
AuthorBaroness Orczy
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Scarlet Pimpernel
GenreAdventure, Historical novel
PublisherCassell & Co, London
Publication date
1924
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages343 pp
Preceded byA Child of the Revolution 
Followed byThe Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World 

The action is mainly set amongst the disaffected Hungarian nobility in Transylvania, allowing Orczy to draw on her knowledge of Hungarian history and politics.

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  1. ^ Strickland-Pajtok, Agnes (30 December 2021). "Baroness Emma Orczy's Divided Loyalties in the 1910s and 20s". Acta Philologica (57 (2021)): 135–142. doi:10.7311/ACTA.57.2021.11. ISSN 0065-1524.

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