Ekta Graded Readers (Level 6): The Scarlet Pimpernel

Orczy's bestselling novel The Scarlet Pimpernel has as its background the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney is a mysterious hero, who saves the lives of French aristocrats and helps them escape the guillotine. He has fallen in love with and married a beautiful actress, Marguerite St. Just. To conceal his real identity, Sir Percy assumes the role of a clumsy English aristocrat.