The Divine Folly

The Divine Folly

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name = The Divine Folly
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image_caption = cover of the 1937 1st edition
author = Baroness Orczy
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Historical novel
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
release_date = 1937
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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The Divine Folly is a novel by Baroness Orczy, creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

Plot introduction

Two English brothers travel across Europe as members of a secret society that is plotting the assassination of Napoleon III.


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