num_pages: 260
description: The year is 1623, the place Haarlem in the Netherlands. Diogenes - the first Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel's ancestor - and his friends Pythagoras and Socrates defend justice and the royalist cause. The famous artist Frans Hals also makes an appearance in this historical adventure.
language: English
title: The Laughing Cavalier
titlecomplete: The Laughing Cavalier (The Scarlet Pimpernel, #0.4)
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Thriller, 20th Century, Action, Fiction
ratings_count: 652
series: The Scarlet Pimpernel (publication order), The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order)
publisher: Kessinger Publishing