Ever since the fall of the Bastille, Paris has been a different place. The people still starve and die on the street but there is a newfound confidence, the possibility of change proven within their own city.
Attica Morgan has not been idle, working behind the scenes to smuggle worthy aristocrats out of Paris to safety under the pseudonym of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
When female abolitionists begin to turn up dead, killed in brutal and archaic ways, Attica must discover who the killer is but more importantly they are doing such unspeakable things. As the plot narrows and the city’s unrest begins to boil over again, all things seem to point to Robespierre, the unassuming lawyer.
I greatly enjoyed the first book in the Revolution Spy series, The Bastille Spy, and have been eagerly awaiting this sequel. The Scarlet Code picks up just soon enough after the first book to be immediately accessible, but just long enough that you get the idea that things have been ticking along while we were looking away.
As with the first book, when I began to read The Scarlet Code I had a bad feeling that I was going to have a hard time getting through this large 400 page hardcover, as I am not an avid historical fiction reader. However, once again the next thing I knew I was 100 pages in and had not stopped for lunch. C.S. Quinn has a gift for the gripping adventure which makes time fly and pages turn.
With a wonderfully classic feel, this series continually brings me right back to The Three Musketeers, The Prisoner of Zenda, and indeed The Scarlet Pimpernel. The author’s knack for era is fantastic, and I love the effortless way she sets scenes and places the reader in the culture of pre-revolutionary Paris.
I thoroughly enjoyed Attica and Jemmy’s friendship again, as well as the brilliant equality of gender between them. The message of female equality is a strong one in this story, and I love the way it looks back at a historical moment to show how women have indeed always been equally capable and influential throughout time, though the records don’t always reflect that.
I would recommend this series to any fiction lover, and anyone looking for a quick and adventurous romp through revolutionary Paris. Fans of Dumas and Baroness Orczy will want to read this modern take on the French classics.
Attica Morgan has not been idle, working behind the scenes to smuggle worthy aristocrats out of Paris to safety under the pseudonym of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
When female abolitionists begin to turn up dead, killed in brutal and archaic ways, Attica must discover who the killer is but more importantly they are doing such unspeakable things. As the plot narrows and the city’s unrest begins to boil over again, all things seem to point to Robespierre, the unassuming lawyer.
I greatly enjoyed the first book in the Revolution Spy series, The Bastille Spy, and have been eagerly awaiting this sequel. The Scarlet Code picks up just soon enough after the first book to be immediately accessible, but just long enough that you get the idea that things have been ticking along while we were looking away.
As with the first book, when I began to read The Scarlet Code I had a bad feeling that I was going to have a hard time getting through this large 400 page hardcover, as I am not an avid historical fiction reader. However, once again the next thing I knew I was 100 pages in and had not stopped for lunch. C.S. Quinn has a gift for the gripping adventure which makes time fly and pages turn.
With a wonderfully classic feel, this series continually brings me right back to The Three Musketeers, The Prisoner of Zenda, and indeed The Scarlet Pimpernel. The author’s knack for era is fantastic, and I love the effortless way she sets scenes and places the reader in the culture of pre-revolutionary Paris.
I thoroughly enjoyed Attica and Jemmy’s friendship again, as well as the brilliant equality of gender between them. The message of female equality is a strong one in this story, and I love the way it looks back at a historical moment to show how women have indeed always been equally capable and influential throughout time, though the records don’t always reflect that.
I would recommend this series to any fiction lover, and anyone looking for a quick and adventurous romp through revolutionary Paris. Fans of Dumas and Baroness Orczy will want to read this modern take on the French classics.