The Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy includes the novel The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story begins in Paris in April 1794, when Theresia Cabarrus is betrothed to Citizen Tallien, a popular Representative in the Convention and member of Robespierre's inner circle. Later, a handsome, impulsive young man named Bertrand Moncrief looks prepared to commit himself in opposition to the revolutionary government. In order to do this, he enlisted R
