PICK THREE (3) MINI CHALLENGE - FEBRUARY 2023

PICK THREE (3) MINI CHALLENGE...February, 2023

Our "Classy Classic" for February is The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emmuska Orczy

What's It About
The French Revolution is in full swing, and the aristocracy are being sent to the guillotine in their hundreds. In the shadows, English dandy Sir Peter Blakeney working under his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel – is breaking the condemned out of prison and leaving his distinctive calling card, a picture of a red flower, to torment the French authorities. A master of disguise, infamous escape artist and flamboyant swordsman, his identity is such a closely guarded secret that even his wife is in the dark. But, with enemy agents on close his tail, his failure to trust her might be his undoing.

1. The author, Baroness Emmuska Orczy full name is Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi.
Emmuska, meaning “little Emma”, is a nickname and is pronounced "em-moosh-ka".

2. “The Scarlet Pimpernel” was originally written as a play which received negative reviews but popular success.

3. The book was written by the Baroness and her husband in 1903.

4. The book wasn't published until after the play opened and was immediately successful.

5. The novel was translated to at least 16 languages and been adapted to film, television and even a musical.

6.Due to the success of her novel, Baroness Orczy wrote a whole series of books associated with “The Scarlet Pimpernel”. However, the books were not written in chronological order.

7.Originally there were nine members who formed The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

8. On January 1793 ten more members were enrolled.

9. Emmuska Orczy was born September 23, 1865, in Hungry and died November 12, 1947, at the age of 82 in Oxfordshire, England

10.During World War I, Orczy formed the Women of England's Active Service League, an unofficial organization aimed at encouraging women to persuade men to volunteer for active service in the armed forces. Her aim was to enlist 100,000 women who would pledge "to persuade every man I know to offer his service to his country". Some 20,000 women joined her organization.

The Challenge;
Choose as many books as you would like in groups of 3, from the list of options. You may choose 1 from three different options, or 2 from one and 1 from another or 3 from the same option etc... You just need to end up with 3.

Choose a book or books that...
has a red flower on the cover.
a character in the story would be considered as flamboyant.
take place during any war or conflict.
were written by a woman author. (Any genera is okay)
are set in Hungry, France or England.
were ever made into a play, a television show, or a movie.
features a member of royalty or nobility.
features a character that has a secret identity.
a book with at least 3 of the numbers 1,7, 9, or 3 in any order.
was published in September or November of any year.

2/3
💘 - ★
Carol Visits with The Scarlet Pimpernel
💘1. A character in the story would be considered as flamboyant.
Deductions - Lyn Gala -
2. Takes place during any war or conflict.
💘3. Is set in Hungry, France or England. (Set in England)
The Plague Maiden - Kate Elllis

3/3
💘 - ★
💘1.Features a character that has a secret identity.
The Real Thing Elle Keaton
💘2. A book with at least 3 of the numbers 1,7, 9, or 3 in any order.
Dark Angel - John Sandford - (379)
💘3. Was published in September or November of any year.
The Night - May Archer (November 2019)

Take place during any war or conflict

Book choices to be added.

Were written by a woman author

✔️The Girl in the Pink Shoes by Stacy Green ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✔️One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Features a character that has a secret identity

✔️Last Call by J A Konrath ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️Death of a Green-Eyed Monster by M C Beaton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️

Are set in Hungary, France or England.

✔️The Winter Killer by Alex Pine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✔️The Plague Maiden by Kate Ellis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Were ever made into a play, a television show, or a movie.
✔️The Damned Utd by David Peace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️The Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️

February 2023 mini challenge:

Choose a book or books that...
has a red flower on the cover.
are set in Hungry, France or England.
were ever made into a play, a television show, or a movie.
features a member of royalty or nobility.
features a character that has a secret identity.
a book with at least 3 of the numbers 1,7, 9, or 3 in any order.
was published in September or November of any year.

a character in the story would be considered as flamboyant:
Alice / Allegra - a free-spirit "hippie" still, though a grandmother - The Owl & Moon Cafe by Jo-Ann Mapson ✔ 01Feb23

were written by a woman author.:
Terry Tempest Williams / The Hour of Land ✔ 02Feb23

take place during any war or conflict.:
The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan ✔ 12Feb23

And Challenge Completed!

To Sir, With Love - E. R. Braithwaite 5★s (Made into a movie)
Starstruck - Emma Bennet 3★s (Written by woman author)
Evil For Evil - James R. Benn 4.5★s (Takes place during WWII)

I'm sure I can find 3 of my books that fit one or more of these categories!

Choose a book or books that...
has a red flower on the cover.
take place during any war or conflict.
are set in Hungary, France or England.
were ever made into a play, a television show, or a movie.
features a member of royalty or nobility.
features a character that has a secret identity.
a book with at least 3 of the numbers 1,7, 9, or 3 in any order.
was published in September or November of any year.

Set in Hungary, France, or England ✔
The Unbroken Web by Richard Adams (the Lord of the Pryderi and his companions wander through Dyfed and ancient Britain in the "Mice and the Corn," the "Moddey Dhoo" is a folktale from the Isle of Man, and the "Woodpecker" is set in an unspecified modern English city.)

Features a member of royalty or nobility ✔
One for the Morning Glory by John Barnes features a young prince. And the whole book is set in a mythical Kingdom in which fairy tale themes are interwoven. And there is also a King and a Princess

Features a character that has a secret identity ✔
Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey has a character, Robert the photographer, who has a secret identity that is revealed at the end

Ed. to update the folktales that are set in England/British Isles, and to complete the challenge with the remaining two books for February.

>5 BookConcierge:

See message 5 above ... Challenge completed ✔ 12Feb23

>8 BookConcierge:



Good job, Tessa!!!!