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When suspicion can send a person to the guillotine, love becomes a dangerous bond.
In Lord Tony's Wife, Baroness Orczy brings romance into the shadow of the French Revolution. Lord Anthony Dewhurst, known as Tony, belongs to the secret League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. His marriage stands at the heart of an adventure where love and duty pull in different directions.
Between England and a France ruled by fear, spies, arrests and sudden death threaten every act of courage. Sir Percy Blakeney leads the League in saving lives while posing as a bored, fashionable gentleman. Disguises, sudden meetings and dramatic speeches give this story its bold, theatrical suspense.
What you’ll discover
- Love under threat Discover a romance where marriage brings danger, and love can be both strength and weakness.
- A hero behind appearances Meet Sir Percy Blakeney, whose fashionable pose conceals the courage of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
- Tony's divided loyalties Follow a loyal member of the League as marriage and rescue share the story's heart.
- Fear in the streets Enter a France where suspicion alone can lead to prison and the guillotine.
- Adventure with theatrical flair Enjoy disguises, sudden encounters and dramatic speeches that keep courage and danger close together.
Who will love it
For readers who love swashbuckling rescues, secret identities and romance against the backdrop of the French Revolution, with disguise, courage and loyalty at the heart of the adventure.
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- The Terror is the story's dark stage
- The League hides behind a smiling mask
- Love and duty pull in two directions
- A romance told with theatre and suspense
Who’s who
- Lord Anthony DewhurstCalled Tony by his friends, he is a loyal member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the husband named in the title.
- Sir Percy BlakeneyThe Scarlet Pimpernel himself, who hides his courage behind the pose of a fashionable gentleman and leads the League in saving lives.
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Lord Tonys Frau
by Baronin Orczy · 1917
Lord Tony's marriage and loyalty to the Scarlet Pimpernel's League face the danger of the Terror in France.
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Lord Tonys Wife is an adventure novel by Baroness Orczy, published in 1917. It belongs to her long series about the Scarlet Pimpernel, the secret English hero who saves French men, women and children from the guillotine during the Terror of the French Revolution.
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The Terror is the story's dark stage
The novel belongs to the years of the Reign of Terror in France, when suspicion alone could send a person to prison and then to the guillotine. Orczy builds her series on this fear. Aristocrats, priests and ordinary families live in dread of a knock at the door, and the law has become a weapon.
Against that backdrop she sets a simple contrast. On one side stand committees, informers and officials who watch every road and gate. On the other stand a handful of English gentlemen who treat danger as a game and mercy as a duty.
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What is Lord Tonys Wife about?
It is an adventure novel set during the French Revolution. It follows Lord Anthony Dewhurst, a member of the Scarlet Pimpernel's League, as love and duty meet danger in the time of the Terror.
Is Lord Tonys Wife part of the Scarlet Pimpernel series?
Yes. Baroness Orczy published it in 1917 as one of her many books about the Scarlet Pimpernel, the secret English hero who rescues people from the guillotine. It features a member of his League.
Who is Lord Tony?
Lord Anthony Dewhurst, called Tony, is a loyal English gentleman and one of the men who serve the Scarlet Pimpernel in his secret rescues of French people from the Revolution.
The author
Baroness Orczy
1865–1947 · Hungarian-born British novelist
Baroness Orczy (1865–1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. Born Emma Orczy in Tarnaörs, Hungary, she moved to London in 1880. She wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel, published in 1905, and detective stories, including The Old Man in the Corner and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. She died in London.
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