# Citizen Laporte — The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel character guide

> Citizen Laporte in The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Laporte, That infamous Laporte

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Snapshot

A zealot of the Revolutionary Tribunal who dreams of sending the Scarlet Pimpernel to the guillotine and claiming the glory as his own.

## Who they are

Laporte moves through the corridors of Revolutionary justice as a man hungry for the crowning triumph of his career: the indictment and execution of the notorious English spy. He clashes with Chauvelin over how best to destroy their elusive enemy, preferring a sensational public trial to a quiet death among a batch of traitors. His eagerness to claim credit makes him both useful and dangerous to the men who share his hatred of the League.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/i)

The infamous doctor in Lyons, considered too dangerous to trust with the Vicomte's care.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/iii)

The bloodthirsty doctor who heals the Vicomte but later plans to arrest them; impersonated by the milor.

## Links

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