A review by breebers
The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

4.0

The more of these novels I read, the more I am able to look past, and generally skim through, the heavier bits of prose which plod along and don't much further the plot. However, the more I read, the more I also become inescapably enraptured with the characters. I fume whenever Chauvelin plots the destruction of the League, or does not see his malice as such. I facepalm when Marguerite acts in haste, not placing faith in her husband's keen mind, or rushing in to a situation out of blind love. I swoon when Percy appears seemingly out of nowhere with his apparent flippancy and indolence, only to cast aside that mask and show the true man underneath in brief flashes of epic heroism and passion.
Also, when Percy completely loses his temper at the threat of Marguerite being carted off to torture, it pretty much sealed for me that he is the most perfect fictional man to ever exist.