I Will Repay, Baroness Orczy
I Will Repay, Baroness Orczy
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I Will Repay

Author: Baroness Orczy

Narrator: Johanna Ward

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

It has been ten years since Juliette de Marnys father asked her to swear revenge upon Droulde for the death of her brother in a duel. At last she finds herself in Drouldes house with an opportunity to betray him. Juliette realizes, too late, that she is in love with Droulde. Can the Scarlet Pimpernel help?

About Baroness Orczy

Baroness Orczy was the daughter of a musician. Educated in Paris and Brussels, she then studied art in London, where she exhibited some of her work at the Royal Academy. THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL was the first success in her long writing career which encompassed both plays and novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick on December 19, 2011

I really enjoyed "The Scarlet Pimpernel". I also liked the sequel, "The Elusive Pimpernel". These books are goofy and silly, but they work because the author clearly knows what she's writing and avoids any pretensions to the contrary. Unfortunately, it appears that Baroness Orczy wanted to overstep h......more

Goodreads review by Katelyn on July 06, 2018

[There may be some vague spoilers for The Scarlet Pimpernel in the following.] I Will Repay is North and South meets The Scarlet Pimpernel in all the best ways. It’s a high-stakes adventure set during the French Revolution instead of the Industrial one, with all the aggravating misunderstandings that......more

Goodreads review by Katerina on February 04, 2020

Nel non troppo lontano 2018 lessi il primo libro della serie La Primula Rossa, romanzo dei primi del novecento di cappa e spada con alcune peculiarità. Tipo che ha inventato la tipologia di personaggio "milionario che si finge idiota e la notte va a combattere l'ingiustizia". Tipo che Zorro è ispirat......more

Goodreads review by Dafne on March 15, 2025

Voto di sangue è il secondo libro appartenente al ciclo della Primula Rossa; in realtà sarebbe il terzo libro di questo suddetto ciclo ma in Italia è stato stampato come secondo volume. Questo romanzo è ambientato nella Parigi del 1793, nel cosiddetto periodo del Terrore; periodo durato più o meno un......more

Goodreads review by _nuovocapitolo_ on May 16, 2023

Secondo capitolo delle avventura della brillante Primula Rossa, che qui sembra avere quasi un ruolo di secondo piano rispetto alla vicenda principale vissuta dai due protagonisti Déroulède e Juliette. La Orczy riporta nuovamente il lettore ai tempi bui del regno del Terrore, quando in Francia era la......more