The Laughing Cavalier (novel)

The Laughing Cavalier
First edition
AuthorBaroness Orczy
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdventure, Historical novel
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1913
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages406 pp
Followed byThe First Sir Percy 
The Laughing Cavalier was serialized in Adventure in 1914

The Laughing Cavalier is a 1913 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy, which revolves around Percy Blakeney, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of Orczy's famous character, the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story takes place in Holland in 1623/1624 and is partly inspired by Frans Hals' painting The Laughing Cavalier: in the novel, Blakeney is Frans Hals' adopted son and the man who poses for the painting of the Laughing Cavalier.

The sequel to this book, continuing the story of Percy Blakeney, is The First Sir Percy.