El Dorado by Emma Orczy (1926)

El Dorado is a novel by Baroness Orczy, first published in 1943. The story follows the adventures of a young Englishman named Allan Breck, who travels to South America in search of the legendary city of El Dorado. Along the way, he encounters various characters and faces challenges, including treacherous terrain, dangerous wildlife, and rival treasure hunters. Ultimately, Allan Breck finds himself in a race against time to reach El Dorado before his rivals do, and he must use all of his skills and cunning to outwit them and claim the treasure for himself.

By Emma Orczy · First published 1926 · Genre: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romantic · 49 chapters

Contents

• In the Théâtre National
• Widely Divergent Aims
• The Demon Chance
• Mademoiselle Lange
• The Temple Prison
• The Committee's Agent
• The Most Precious Life in Europe
• Arcades Ambo
• What Love Can Do
• Shadows
• The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
• What Love Is
• Then Everything Was Dark
• The Chief
• The Gate of La Villette
• The Weary Search
• Chauvelin
• The Removal
• It Is About the Dauphin
• The Certificate of Safety
• Back to Paris
• Of That There Could Be No Question
• The Overwhelming Odds
• The News
• Paris Once More
• The Bitterest Foe
• In the Conciergerie
• The Caged Lion
• For the Sake of That Helpless Innocent
• Afterwards
• An Interlude
• Sisters
• Little Mother
• The Letter
• The Last Phase
• Submission
• Chauvelin's Advice
• Capitulation
• Kill Him!
• God Help Us All
• When Hope Was Dead
• The Guardhouse of the Rue Ste. Anne
• The Dreary Journey
• The Halt at Crècy
• The Forest of Boulogne
• Others in the Park
• The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre
• The Waning Moon
• The Land of Eldorado

More by Emma Orczy

• A Bride of the Plains (1915)
• Unto Caesar (1914)
• The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1903)
• The Laughing Cavalier (1914)
• Sir Percy Hits Back (1927)
• In the Rue Monge (1931)
• Unravelled Knots (1925)
• The Man in Grey (1918)
• All works by Emma Orczy