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    The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of...
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    Anagallis (redirect from Pimpernel)
    flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, commonly called pimpernel. The scarlet pimpernel referred to in literature is part of this genus. The botanical...
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    playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns...
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  • "Pimpernel" Smith (released in the US as Mister V) is a 1941 British anti-Nazi thriller, produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard, which updates...
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    strike. Referred to as the "Black Pimpernel" in the press—a reference to Emma Orczy's 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel—a warrant for his arrest was put...
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  • The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics & book by Nan Knighton, based on the 1905 novel of the same name by Baroness...
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    arvensis (syn. Lysimachia arvensis), commonly known as the scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, red chickweed, poor man's barometer, poor man's weather-glass...
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  • The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based...
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  • Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)...
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    species of flowering plant known by the common names Malaysian false pimpernel. It is a member of the "new" plant family Linderniaceae. The flower is...
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  • Look up scarlet pimpernel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is a very common small annual plant with red...
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  • The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 British adventure film directed by Harold Young and starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, and Raymond Massey. Based on...
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  • which is bent on crushing his ambition". Published in 1905, the Scarlet Pimpernel is the prototype hero with a secret identity. Sir Percy Blakeney leads...
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  • Elusive Pimpernel) Finlay Currie (The Edge of the World, 49th Parallel, I Know Where I'm Going!) Cyril Cusack (The Small Back Room, The Elusive Pimpernel, Gone...
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  • The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1999 series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set during the French...
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  • The Elusive Pimpernel may refer to: The Elusive Pimpernel (novel), a 1908 novel by Baroness Orczy The Elusive Pimpernel (1919 film), an adaptation of...
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  • The Black Pimpernel (Swedish: Svarta nejlikan; Spanish: El Clavel negro) is a Swedish drama film directed by Ulf Hultberg and starring Michael Nyqvist...
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  • Blue pimpernel is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Anagallis foemina Lysimachia monelli This page is an index of articles on plant species...
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  • Yellow pimpernel is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Lysimachia nemorum Taenidia integerrima, native to eastern North America This page...
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  • leading roles in the Broadway production and national tour of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, and the national tour...
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  • The Gallant Pimpernel is a collection of four of The Scarlet Pimpernel novels in a single binding published in 1939. Lord Tony's Wife The Way of the Scarlet...
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  • patriotic duties in France, 1939–1945". In his autobiography The Tartan Pimpernel he states that 'he had been called to Paris in 1935.' The son of a crofter...
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  • The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1937 British film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott and...
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  • Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1955–1956 British television series based on the 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy....
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    Television Society Best Actress Award for her performance in The Scarlet Pimpernel series, opposite Richard E. Grant. On stage, in 2013 she played the role...
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  • Pimpernel Svensson is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Emil A. Lingheim and starring Edvard Persson, Ivar Wahlgren and Aurore Palmgren. It was made...
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    She left to appear in the ensemble of the Broadway musical The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1997, and after that closed she returned as the Star to Be in the revival...
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    Human Bondage, The Scarlet Pimpernel (both 1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), and The First...
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  • Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Chief Herbert Kappler earned him the nickname "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". After the war, he was named a papal domestic prelate...
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    published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. A French-language version...
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