Question

What is a scarlet pimpernel

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

he Scarlet Pimpernel is alive and well in other forms.

The SP has a rich fop as a secret identity, with a helpmate, disguises, gadgets, catch phrases.

The SP begat Zorro, who adopted a rich useless fop persona for his secret identity. Had a Zorrocave, a black horse named Tornado, fighting skills, gadgets.

Zorro begat Batman, again a rich fop for a secret identity, who has a cave, black car, fighting skills, gadgets…

Answer 2

Explanation:

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903