Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel - Hardcover

by Emmuska Orczy (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)

An aristocrat and his daughter are targeted by a former peasant who hides his true identity to ingratiate himself into the world of French royalists. After gaining their trust, he attempts to marry the girl, but she's already eloped with another.

Pierre Adet is a French peasant who becomes obsessed with landowner, Duc de Kernogan and his daughter Yvonne. After experiencing unfair treatment and wages, he incites a mob against the aristocrat that proves unsuccessful. After escaping execution, he travels to England under an alias, creating a new life for himself alongside the upper-class. Despite past events, he's able to hide his identity to romantically pursue Yvonne. His plan goes awry when she falls in love with Lord Antony Dewhurst, whom she quickly marries. Infuriated, Adet kidnaps the new bride forcing Lord Antony to seek help from a trusted friend, the Scarlet Pimpernel.

Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel is fueled by deception and revenge. One man's ongoing mission to destroy a family leads to a series of challenges and unexpected events. The Scarlet Pimpernel embarks on a new journey to save the love of one's life.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel is both modern and readable.

Back Jacket

A young woman is kidnapped by a peasant who seeks revenge for a past transgression. Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy, is another installment in the author's popular novel series. In this entry, the famous hero helps to rescue a new bride.