The Divine Folly

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Title The Divine Folly
cover of the 1937 1st edition
cover of the 1937 1st edition
Author Baroness Orczy
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Released 1937


The Divine Folly is a novel by Baroness Orczy, creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel.


Two English brothers are members of a secret society that is plotting the assassination of Napoleon III. They travel from London to Venice, Venice to Vienna, Vienna to London, London to Paris: and into the glittering glamorous world of 19th Century Europe.