Sir Percy Hits Back is (chronologically) the ninth book in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. It was first published in 1927.

Sir Percy Hits Back
1927 First Edition
AuthorBaroness Orczy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Scarlet Pimpernel
GenreAdventure, Historical novel
Published1927 Hodder & Stoughton
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages319 pp
Preceded byMam'zelle Guillotine 
Followed byAdventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel 

A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also published under the title La Vengeance du Mouron Rouge.

Plot

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For young and pretty Fleurette the revolution seems far away until an aristocratic neighbouring family is threatened. The dangers become all too real, and she is accused of being a traitor. Can her father save her? Fleurette's father is Armand Chauvelin. The villainous agent is forced to ask his arch-enemy, the heroic Scarlet Pimpernel, for help.

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