Chronology
Baroness Orczy did not publish her Pimpernel stories as a strict chronological series, and in fact, the settings of the books in their publication sequence may vary forward or backward in time by months or centuries. While some readers enjoy following the author's development of the Pimpernel character as it was realized, others prefer to read the stories in historical sequence. Taking into account occasional discrepancies in the dates of events (real and fictional) referred to in the stories, the following is an approximate chronological listing of Baroness Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel novels and short stories:
| Book Title | Setting | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Laughing Cavalier | January 1623 | |
| The First Sir Percy | March 1624 | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | September–October 1792 | |
| Sir Percy Leads the Band | January 1793 | |
| The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | July 1793 | |
| I Will Repay | August–September 1793 | |
| The Elusive Pimpernel | September–October 1793 | |
| Lord Tony's Wife | November–December 1793 | |
| The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel | late 1793 | concurrent with preceding 2 or 3 novels |
| Eldorado | January 1794 | unclear whether before, after, or concurrent with Mam'zelle Guillotine |
| Mam'zelle Guillotine | January 1794 | unclear whether before, after, or concurrent with Eldorado |
| Sir Percy Hits Back | May–June 1794 | |
| Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | 1794? | exact dates unclear |
| The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel | April 1794 | seems to have happened later than dates indicate |
| A Child of the Revolution | July 1794 | |
| Pimpernel and Rosemary | 1917–1924 |
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