# Danton — The Elusive Pimpernel character guide

> Danton in The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** hotheaded Danton

**First appearance:** 0002-i-paris-1793

## Who they are

A prominent French revolutionary leader.

## In the story

### [I: Paris: 1793](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_elusive_pimpernel_se/chapters/i-paris-1793)

Danton yawns and mutters about a new form of tyranny, showing impatience with the proceedings.

### [Triumph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_elusive_pimpernel_se/chapters/xx-triumph)

Comments skeptically on Chauvelin's assertion during the Committee's deliberations.

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