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Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade
Editorial: Good Press
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 4066338094094
Formatos: ePub (con DRM de Adobe)
Compatibles con:
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android & eReaders
Beau Brocade
Beau Brocade
Editorial: Good Press
Idioma: Inglés
ISBN: 4066338094094
Formatos: ePub (con DRM de Adobe)
Compatibles con:
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android & eReaders
- Sinopsis
- This is a historical novel set in England during the reign of King George II. The novel focuses on the title character, who is similar to Robin Hood, and Philip James Gascoyne, the eleventh Earl of Stretton. Soldiers loyal to King George are searching for those alleged of high treason and are offering a twenty-guinea reward for the death of any traitor or rebel. Philip James Gascoyne has been a fugitive for months after being falsely accused of being a traitor to the King by Sir Humphrey Challoner. John Stitch, the local blacksmith, offers Philip shelter. John Stich also has a friendship with the infamous Beau Brocade, a hooded highwayman who roams the moors holding up coaches to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Beau Brocade is tasked with delivering a letter to Philip's sister, to clear him of being a traitor. Will Beau Brocade succeed in delivering the letter? Will Philip's sister succeed in clearing his name? What happens to Beau Brocade if he is caught?
- Acerca de Baroness Orczy
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. In 1903, she and her husband wrote a play based on one of her short stories about an English aristocrat, Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., who rescued French aristocrats from the French Revolution: The Scarlet Pimpernel. This theatrical success generated huge sales for the novel that followed. She went on to write over a dozen sequels featuring Sir Percy Blakeney, his family, and the other members of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, of which the first, I Will Repay (1906), was the most popular. The last Pimpernel book, Mam'zelle Guillotine, was published in 1940. None of her three subsequent plays matched the success of The Scarlet Pimpernel. She also wrote popular mystery fiction and many adventure romances. Her Lady Molly of Scotland Yard was an early example of a female detective as the main character. During the First World War, Baroness Orczy formed the Women of England's Active Service League, an unofficial organization aimed at the recruitment of male volunteers for active service. Her aim was to enlist 100,000 women who would pledge "to persuade every man I know to offer his service to his country." Some 20,000 women joined her organization.
