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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
You will love this if you enjoy swashbuckling rescues, clever disguises, secret messages and a chase through a city at night, or if you like French Revolution settings with a strong romantic thread.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A village night plants a lasting hatred
- A plotter in England chooses revenge over mercy
- A secret marriage and a father who is not trusted
- A trap closes and Sir Percy answers the call
- A journey to France turns kindness into cruelty
- Nantes under the tiger and a bargain for shame
- A message of hope may be the bait
- A hunter prepares his net
- A tale of love, disguise and reckless daring
Who’s who
- Sir Percy BlakeneyA fashionable English dandy who secretly leads the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel and risks his life to save the innocent.
- Lord Anthony DewhurstCalled Tony, a kind and shy young English lord who marries Yvonne in secret and cannot bear to lose her.
- Yvonne de KernoganA serious, brave young French noblewoman who marries for love and holds to hope through great suffering.
- Martin-RogetBorn Pierre Adet, a peasant turned banker in disguise who wants the cruellest revenge on the family that wronged his.
- ChauvelinA thin, cold, disgraced agent of the Terror who hunts the Scarlet Pimpernel and cannot forget his past defeats.
- The duc de KernoganA proud French nobleman who clings to his old loyalties and follows his own pride even at his daughter's cost.
- CarrierThe vain, cowardly proconsul of Nantes who invented the drownings and lives in fear of assassins.
- Lady BlakeneyMarguerite, Sir Percy's brave wife, who lets him go on his dangerous missions and keeps her fear to herself.
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La femme de Lord Tony
by Baronne Orczy · 1917
A bride of three days vanishes, and one lazy English dandy sets out to bring her home from Nantes.
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What does a peasant do with a grudge that has grown for four years? In Lord Tony's Wife, Baroness Orczy sends the Scarlet Pimpernel into the Nantes of the Terror.
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A village night plants a lasting hatred
The story opens in 1789 near Nantes. A wheelwright named Antoine Melun is sentenced to hang for trapping two pigeons on the land of the duc de Kernogan.
Pierre Adet rallies a crowd against the duke by setting his father's straw ricks on fire as a signal and handing out scythes and axes, naming a private grievance for each man. The old miller, Jean Adet, begs them to stop and fails. Their march ends in ruin when soldiers scatter the crowd.
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What is Lord Tony's Wife about?
It tells how Lord Anthony Dewhurst's bride is taken to Nantes during the Terror by a peasant's son seeking revenge. The Scarlet Pimpernel and his League follow to rescue her.
Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel?
He is the secret hero who saves French victims from the guillotine. In England he plays a lazy, fashionable baronet, Sir Percy Blakeney, while his League of English gentlemen helps him.
Who is Martin-Roget really?
He is Pierre Adet, a miller's son from near Nantes who has taken a false name and a rich banker's role. He plots revenge on the duc de Kernogan, whose family he blames for his father's death.
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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