At last!

I finally got a copy of "El Dorado" - the other Pimpernel novel that our beloved movie-versions were based on, the one in which the little prince is whisked to safety but Percy does not quite escape paying for it under the Chauvelin's cruel eye. Wow - this is the best written of the lot so far, and very hard to put down. It reminded me of when Frodo is wounded and you can't put the book down until you get him safely to Rivendell...same problem with poor Percy in that wretched prison! I ended up snarfing my way through the tale in two days - I couldn't just leave him there.

Anyone who hasn't found this one yet - go forth and ferret it out. Armand is an idiot (Marguerite is smarter than he is in this one, which is saying something) and oh how our dear Scarlet Pimpernel suffers under the whumpage of the Baroness Orczy.