"The Scarlet Pimpernel" follows a foppish English aristocrat who secretly leads a daring band rescuing nobles from the guillotine of Revolutionary France. Its masked hero with a double identity is a direct ancestor of the modern superhero.
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1905 · Book · Public Domain
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" follows a foppish English aristocrat who secretly leads a daring band rescuing nobles from the guillotine of Revolutionary France. Its masked hero with a double identity is a direct ancestor of the modern superhero.