The First Sir Percy
by Emma Orczy
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The story starts in 1624 in the Netherlands and concerns the Scarlet Pimpernel’s ancestor, Diogenes, aka the first Sir Percy Blakeney. Diogenes and his friends Socrates and Pythagoras swear allegiance to the royalist cause. Their undivided loyalty results in many adventures — and more than one foe.
Fiction, historical, generalBlakeney, percy, sir (fictitious character), fictionFiction, generalHistorical fictionAdventure storiesNetherlands -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction