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“Free speech may be part of the ideal of any revolution, but soon enough it becomes free speech only where the government approves of it.”

Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution #1) by Genevieve Cogman

March 22, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires, who are as usual, portrayed as rich and aristocratic (they’re blood-sucking leeches who also happen to be corpses; how is this not the White Trash Central group? Though yes, even without being vampiric they’d still be leeches; they are rich after all.) are the largest group to slake the guillotine’s thirst. Luckily for the 1%, The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble, and his League are heroically rescuing dozens of aristocrats from […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History Tagged With: Genevieve Cogman, The French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel, vampires

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, History · Tags: Genevieve Cogman, The French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel, vampires ·
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Adding vampires to history and historical fiction, metaphor or plot device?

Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman

September 4, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 16: History Scarlet is basically fan-fic of historical fiction; totally counts for history since the historical part is real (revolutionary-era France). The historical fiction base is The Scarlet Pimpernel, set in the aftermath of the execution of the rulers of France; if you don’t know the story basically the mysterious masked hero from England saves the lives of French nobility by sneaking them out of France while the French authorities try to put a stop to that. So, basically, Batman who is British and […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #French Revolution, cbr15bingo, fanfiction, Genevieve Cogman, historical fiction, Scarlet, the Scarlet Pimpernel, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:71 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #French Revolution, cbr15bingo, fanfiction, Genevieve Cogman, historical fiction, Scarlet, the Scarlet Pimpernel, vampires ·
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That’s One Hot Fop!

October 3, 2014 by ElCicco 2 Comments

We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in hell? That demmed, elusive Pimpernel. Back in 1982, a TV-movie version of The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Ian McKellan aired in the US. My high school BFF and I were completely enthralled, particularly by Anthony Andrews. Honestly, I still am today. After watching clips of it on YouTube, I believe it has withstood the test of time. For me, Anthony Andrews’ […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Baroness Orczy, ElCicco, Fiction, ReadWomen2014, romance, The French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Baroness Orczy, ElCicco, Fiction, ReadWomen2014, romance, The French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel ·
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What if the Scarlet Pimpernel were a teenage girl in a dystopian future?

September 21, 2014 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars Set in a different part of the same post-apocalyptic world as For Darkness Shows the Stars, this book is more of a companion novel than a sequel. The two islands of New Pacifica are Albion (think a futuristic pacific islander England) and Galatea (sci-fi revolutionary France). In Albion they have democracy and happily genetically alter their bodies to be their very best selves. Princess Isla is the regent of Albion until her toddler brother comes of age, because while they are big on genetic engineering, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Across the Star-Swept Sea, diana peterfreund, Dystopian, For Darkness Shows the Stars, Malin, science fiction, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Young Adult

Malin's CBR6 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Across the Star-Swept Sea, diana peterfreund, Dystopian, For Darkness Shows the Stars, Malin, science fiction, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Young Adult ·
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