The Scarlet Pimpernel

Executions and deaths connected to the Revolution are central dangers, though grief is less central than rescue and suspense.

The threat of execution is constant, but detailed physical injury is largely kept off the page.

Language is period-appropriate, polite, and sophisticated.

Religious practices are not a significant focus of the narrative.

The strained marriage, jealousy, misunderstanding and eventual reconciliation are important, but the rescue adventure remains equally central.

Frequent suspense involves secret identities, pursuit, imprisonment, betrayal and the danger of the guillotine.

Romantic attraction and marital intimacy are implied, but explicit sexual activity and sexual detail are minimal.

Social drinking typical of 18th-century noble settings is briefly mentioned.

Revolutionary violence, arrests, swordplay, threats and planned executions are important to the adventure, though graphic combat is limited.