About “The Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World”
The Scarlet Pimpernel Looks at the World is a collection of essays by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, published in 1933 by Cassell & Co. in London. The book is subtitled A Holiday Book for Young and Old but Not for the Highbrow. It offers commentary on the society, culture, and politics of the 1930s. The essays are written in the voice of Sir Percy Blakeney, the fictional hero of Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel. The collection presents observations and reflections from the perspective of this well-known character. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)