The French Revolution has begun, and the streets of Paris run red with blood. Every aristocrat has been declared a traitor; the guillotine awaits them all. Only one man stands in the way of the bloodthirsty mob: The Scarlet Pimpernel-his name taken from the flower he leaves behind as a calling card. The identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a topic of widespread popular interest and he becomes the subject of an international manhunt by the authorities. To hide his true identity, he presents himse