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Perhaps the first tale of a dual-identity hero, The Scarlet Pimpernel tells the story of Sir Percival Blakeney, whose frivolous, dandified persona masks his secret life rescuing French aristocrats from the guillotine under the name of the Scarlet Pimpernel; and the beautiful Lady Marguerite Blakeny, who is blackmailed by an enemy into uncovering the Pimpernel's identity—unaware that it is her husband.
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