A Child of the Revolution

A Child of the Revolution
Cover of the 1932 first edition
Author	Baroness Orczy
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Scarlet Pimpernel
Genre	Adventure, Historical novel
Published	1932 (Cassell & Co)
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	310 pp
Preceded by	The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Followed by	Pimpernel and Rosemary

First published in 1932, A Child of the Revolution is chronologically the last book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy.

Plot

During one return home, Sir Percy tells the story of André Vallon, a young Jacobin, to the Prince of Wales. André, wishing to revenge himself on a despotic seigneur, uses the Jacobins' rise to force the seigneur's daughter to marry him. Once wed, they come to love each other, only to have the old seigneur denounce André in an attempt to free his daughter.

Emma Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)

Novels

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
I Will Repay (1906)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
Eldorado (1913)
The Laughing Cavalier (1913)
Lord Tony's Wife (1917)
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
The First Sir Percy (1920)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922)
Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924)
Sir Percy Hits Back (1927)
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1929)
A Child of the Revolution (1932)
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1933)
Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936)
The Gallant Pimpernel (omnibus, 1939)
Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940)

Adaptations

Film	The Elusive Pimpernel (1919) I Will Repay (1923) The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Television	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1956) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)
Musical	The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)

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