The Laughing Cavalier
by Emma Orczy
1623, haarlem's place in the Netherlands. Diogenes — the first Percy Blakeney, the ancestor of the Red Pimple — and his friends Pythagoras and Socrates advocate justice and the royalist cause. The famous artist Frans Health also appears in this historical adventure. Orchi claims that Hal's famous "Smiling Gentleman" portrait is actually an image of the ancestor of Red Pimples.
