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Sir Percy Blakeney was a Regency fop and baronet who during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution, successfully operated a clandestine network smuggling those condemned to die out of France. His nom de guerre for this operation gave the title to the play that chronicles his adventures, The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Among other things he was a master of disguise, and a devoted husband to Marguerite St. Just, a Frenchwoman (although for a time they were estranged).

Philip José Farmer, in his book Tarzan Alive, identified Sir Percy as one of the witnesses of the Wold Newton Meteorite. However, he considered that all the sequels to the original novel by Baroness Orczy were fictional, and that Sir Percy had married not Marguerite St. Just but Alice Clarke Raffles. Later scholars, notably Win Scott Eckert, have taken a more flexible view, and argued for the validity of further Orczy books, for both wives, and for Sir Percy's descendents by both women.

There is also a biography, The Gay Adventurer (almost immediately retitled The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel) by John Blakeney.

External Links

Wikipedia article on The Scarlet Pimpernel.
"They Seek Him There..." (Family Tree of Sir Percy)

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-'''Sir Percy Blakeney''' was a Regency fop and baronet who during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution, successfully operated a clandestine network smuggling those condemned to die out of France. His nom de guerre for this operation gave the title to the play that chronicles his adventures, ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' by [[Baroness Orczy]]. Among other things he was a master of disguise, and a devoted husband to [[Maguerite St. Just]], a Frenchwoman (although for a time they were estranged).
+'''Sir Percy Blakeney''' was a Regency fop and baronet who during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution, successfully operated a clandestine network smuggling those condemned to die out of France. His nom de guerre for this operation gave the title to the play that chronicles his adventures, ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' by [[Baroness Orczy]]. Among other things he was a master of disguise, and a devoted husband to [[Maguerite St. Just|Marguerite St. Just]], a Frenchwoman (although for a time they were estranged).
-[[Philip Jose Farmer]] in his book ''Tarzan Alive ''identified Sir Percy as one of the wintesses of the [[Wold Newton Meteorite]] (along with his second wife).
+[[Philip José Farmer]], in his book ''Tarzan Alive'', identified Sir Percy as one of the witnesses of the [[Wold Newton Meteorite]]. However, he considered that all the sequels to the original novel by Baroness Orczy were fictional, and that Sir Percy had married not Marguerite St. Just but [[Alice Clarke Raffles]]. Later scholars, notably Win Scott Eckert, have taken a more flexible view, and argued for the validity of further Orczy books, for both wives, and for Sir Percy's descendents by both women.
-==='''External Links'''===
+There is also a biography, ''The Gay Adventurer'' (almost immediately retitled ''The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel'') by [[John Blakeney]].
+'''External Links'''
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Percy_Blakeney Wikipedia article on The Scarlet Pimpernel.]
 *[http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Articles5.htm#BLAKENEY "They Seek Him There..."] (Family Tree of Sir Percy)
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