Editing The Scarlet Pimpernel (section)

==Historical allusions==
As a writer, Orczy often alluded to historical events and figures but adapted these freely in creating her tales.

[[Citizen Chauvelin]], the recurring villain of the ''Scarlet Pimpernel'' series, is based to some extent on the real-life [[Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin]], who survived the Revolutionary period to serve as an official under [[Napoleon]]. He was a noted liberal Deputy under the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]].

Other historical figures who appear in Orczy's ''Pimpernel'' series include:

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* [[Maximilien Robespierre]]
* [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]]
* [[Jean-Lambert Tallien]]
* [[Thérésa Tallien]]
* [[Georges Danton]]
* [[François Chabot]]
* [[Fabre d'Églantine]]
* [[George IV|The Prince of Wales]] (later, King George IV)
* [[Claude Basire]]
* [[Jean, Baron de Batz]]
* [[Jean-Paul Marat]]
* [[Paul Barras]]
* [[Georges Couthon]]
* [[Bertrand Barère]]
* [[Éléonore Duplay]]
* [[Collot d'Herbois]]
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