El Dorado

Description:

Baroness Orczy's classic adventure novel El Dorado is the sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel and was first published in 1913. Set in 1794's Paris - which "despite the horrors that had stained her walls - has remained a city of pleasure, and the knife of the guillotine did scarce descend more often than did the drop-scenes on the stage."

subjects: Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Historical Fiction,  Aristocracy (Social class),  British,  Sir Blakeney, Percy (Fictitious character),  Nobility,  History,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Fiction, historical,  France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, fiction,  Blakeney, percy, sir (fictitious character), fiction,  France, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, general,  France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction,  Adventure stories,  British -- France -- Fiction,  Blakeney, Percy, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction,  Nobility -- Great Britain -- Fiction,  Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction

Places: Great Britain,  France

Times: Revolution, 1789-1799