EldoradoArmand St Just, his beautiful sister Marguerite and her husband Sir Percy Blakeney are once again caught up in the turmoil of revolutionary France. And adventurer Baron de Batz enters the story. It is 1794 and Paris, despite the horrors that had stained her walls, had remained a city of pleasure, with the knife of the guillotine dropping less frequently. But this could change .... |
Contents
3 | 24 |
The Temple Prison | 39 |
6 | 48 |
7 | 55 |
8 | 65 |
9 | 72 |
10 | 86 |
11 | 94 |
The Overwhelming Odds | 201 |
24 | 207 |
25 | 218 |
26 | 225 |
27 | 237 |
28 | 244 |
29 | 250 |
30 | 263 |
12 | 109 |
13 | 119 |
14 | 126 |
15 | 133 |
17 | 152 |
19 | 165 |
20 | 172 |
Of That There Could Be no Question | 190 |
31 | 270 |
33 | 284 |
35 | 295 |
36 | 309 |
37 | 317 |
39 | 332 |
40 | 340 |
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Armand St arms arrest asked Baron de Batz BARONESS ORCZY Batz Blakeney's Boulogne brutes Calais cell Charonne château chief child citizen Chauvelin citizen Héron citizen St close coach Cochefer concierge Conciergerie corridor Crécy curse dark Dauphin dear heart door Englishman eyes face fear felt fingers France gate gazed guard guard-room guillotine hand Hastings head heard hope horses hour Jeanne Lange King of France knew Lady Blakeney lamp laugh Le Portel League letter light lips little Capet lodgings look Louis XVII Mademoiselle Lange Marguerite Marguerite's mayhap murmured night once pale Paris passion replied retorted round Scarlet Pimpernel seemed sergeant shoulders silence Simon Sir Andrew Ffoulkes Sir Percy Blakeney slowly smile soldiers soon St Germain stood suddenly tell Temple Prison thought tomorrow tonight Tony trying turned voice waiting walked watched whilst whisper window woman words young