It is 1822, thirty years since the heroic Scarlet Pimpernel saved French aristocrats from the guillotine. A memoir of his exploits has just been published. But a different name is now on the lips of all the fashionable ladies taking the waters in the Pump Room at Bath: The Yellow Pimpernel. Who is she? How is she managing to help women escape from the excesses of patriarchy? Servant girls have been saved from lecherous masters, young heiresses have ben rescued from predatory charmers, the marriage plans of mercenary fathers' have been foiled. Her tricks and stratagems are the talk of the town. How does she keep her identity hidden? And, most importantly, can she save Caroline Banner from the machinations of her abusive husband, Sir Eggerton?
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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