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__French Revolution__ //Irrigated land:// 16,300 km² (1995 est.) Extravagance in architecture, furniture,costume and mode of living at its height, all this was to be done away with, and a period ofthe strictest simplicity was to follow. Titles were dropped by all of the upper class who survived the guillotine, and men and woman were addressedas citizen and citizeness.One of the first acts of the General Assembly was the abolition by solemn decree of all distinction in dresses of the classes. [] May 5: Meeting of the States-General June 17: National Assembly declared June 20: Tennis Court Oath July 9: National Constituent Assembly declared July 11: Necker dismissed July 14: Storming of the Bastille August 4: Surrender of feudal rights August 27: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen October 5-6: Outbreak of the Paris mob; Liberal monarchical constitution Percy Blakeney appears to us first as the maligned husband of Lady Blakeney -- one of the richest, most fashionable men in England, but also a reputed dunce. He is built like a truck, apparently, with big shoulders and muscles, but this only adds to his reputation as a stupid stooge. But Percy is of course secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who raids the barricades of France to save condemned French aristocrats from the guillotine. Lady Blakeney, while living in France as an actress, was famous for her beauty, but even more for her charisma, wit, and intelligence. When she marries Percy Blakeney, no one's quite sure what she's thinking. Since he's considered a dull turkey and she a renowned socialite, the consensus is that she's married down. But she discovers her husband's secret identity and we see her husband's heroism through her eyes. Chauvelin, the novel's chief villain, is a French agent who has English diplomacy rights. He is in England looking for the Pimpernel and anyone else who is attempting to rescue French aristocrats. His 'hard-hearted, vengeful' nature contrasts with the dashing Pimpernel. Armand St. Just, Marguerite St. Just's brother, is in cahoots with the Pimpernel. Chauvelin uses Armand to blackmail Marguerite in an attempt to get to the Pimpernel. Sir Andrew is one of the Scarlet Pimpernel's devoted followers. Marguerite goes to him when she first learns that Percy is the Pimpernel and is thus in danger of being arrested by Chevalier. Lord Antony does not last long in the novel, as he is one of the members of the League of the Pimpernel who is captured by Chauvelin at the pub in Dover. The Comtesse is a French aristocrat rescued by the Scarlet Pimpernel in the opening section of the novel, but her husband is left behind, prompting the dramatic rescue that dominates the novel's main plot. She does not like Marguerite St. Just because she thinks that she caused the demise of the St. Cyr family by denouncing them to the tribunal. The Comte de Tournay is the Comtesse's husband, rescued from France by the Scarlet Pimpernel. Lord Grenville is an English governmental secretary who holds a grand ball after the opera, a ball which acts as the setting for Chauvelin's and Marguerite's plan to catch the Pimpernel.
 * Dates**- 1792
 * Issues**- Financial problems, Scarcity of food,
 * Classes**- The difference in the classes was apparent by the way that they dressed. The three main classes were peasantry, bourgeoisie and aristocracy.
 * Peasantry**- Small Farmers, tenants, Sharecroppers, and Laborers
 * Bourgeoisie**- Middle Class
 * Aristocracy**- Ruling Class
 * Geography**- Use of land
 * //Arable land//: 33%
 * //Permanent crops//: 2%
 * //Permanent pastures//: 20%
 * //Forests and woodland//: 27%
 * //Other//: 18% (1993 est.)
 * Fashion**- Clothing during the French Revolution evolved from the ornate to the simple. The larger silhouette supported by wide panniers and stiff stays gave way to a slim line with little or no corseting. The earliest part of the Revolution during the 1790s was a time of restriction; ostentatious dress or vivid coloring could mark one as wealthy, which was a death sentence during "The Terror" of 1792. After this period, the simpler Grecian style took over again with the installation [|http://www.ehow.com/about_4570555_fashion-french-revolution.html#ixzz1ZuvdNJhT]
 * Author**- Baroness Orczy
 * Book**- It started out as a play on stage be[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMXdOSnWwM1PR5Ap6LoQPp71g2QAK56hZa10S3mHnKazg2IYBU width="189" height="266"]]fore it got published. It tells about the SP who is Sir Percy. Who saves innocent Aristicrats from being guillotined
 * Outline of French Revolution**
 * Characters**
 * Percy Blakeney (a.k.a the Scarlet Pimpernel)**
 * Marguerite St. Just / Lady Blakeney**
 * Chauvelin**
 * Armand St. Just**
 * Sir Andrew Ffoulkes**
 * Lord Antony Dewhurst**
 * Comtesse de Tournay**
 * Comte de Tournay**
 * Lord Grenville**
 * Mr. Jellyband**

Mr. Jellyband is the propietor of the Dover pub called The Fisherman's Rest, which the Scarlet Pimpernel and his league use for convocations. Degas is Chauvelin's most trusted henchman who is sent to retrieve soldiers to arrest the Pimpernel. He consistently arrives too late to trap Percy. Brogard is the pugilistic owner of the Chat Gris inn in Calais where Chauvelin and Percy meet for their face-off. The Marquis de St. Cyr is a French noble who was condemned because Marguerite made a statement about him to a French tribunal. []
 * Degas**
 * Brogard**
 * Marquis de St. Cyr**