The Laughing Cavalier

<p><b>Percy Blake the forefather of the Scarlet Pimpernel is hired to kidnap a young woman with sensitive information regarding the potential assassination of a prince.</b> It's a complex family drama that ties into a mystery surrounding an artist's most acclaimed work.</p><p>Percy Blake is the adopted son of Dutch painter Frans Hals. He was originally born to an English nobleman who eventually abandoned he and his mother. Set in seventeenth-century Holland Blake works on the streets under the alias Diogenes. He's a mercenary who's hired to kidnap a young woman who discovers her brother is a part of plot to kill the Prince of Orange. To prevent her from spoiling their plans Blake apprehends his target but slowly has a change of heart.</p> <p><i>The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel</i> is a rich blend of fact and fiction. Baroness Orczy expands the legend of the famous hero in a new and exciting way.</p> <p>With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of <i> The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel</i> is both modern and readable.</p>