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It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires—usually rich and aristocratic—have slaked the guillotine’s thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble, and his League are heroically rescuing dozens of aristocrats from execution, both human and vampire. And soon they will have an ace up their sleeve: Eleanor Dalton.

1794. Eleanor, once a lowly English maid, is now a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel and a promising conjuror. With a vampire plot thwarted in Paris, the League's next daring rescue is of the Pimpernel's beloved wife, Lady Marguerite, imprisoned in her London townhouse on unjust charges of treason and espionage. But Lady Marguerite’s captivity is only the first threat from the League's vampiric enemy. With the King known to be ill, possibly mad, England is not as it should be.

Eleanor, once a lowly English maid, is now a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, know for their daring deeds and recusing aristocrat vampires from the guillotine. This time, Eleanor and the League are investigating the disappearance of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, the notorious French statesman and diplomat. But they soon uncover two vampire parties feuding for power and learn Talleyrand's disappearance is part of a bigger, more dangerous scheme that will throw France into bloody chaos.

England, 18. Jhdt. Vampirische und menschliche Aristokraten leben Seite an Seite. Das Bluttrinken ist eine geregelte Angelegenheit, gemordet wird höchstens im Geheimen. Als in Frankreich die Revolution ausbricht, schleust ein Engländer namens Scarlet Pimpernel Adelige auf die Insel, um sie vor der Guillotine zu retten - menschliche wie vampirische. Dadurch droht jedoch das prekäre Gleichgewicht in England zu kippen. Ein Dienstmädchen findet sich plötzlich zwischen den Fronten wieder.