Emma Orczy
Also known as Baroness Orczy, Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala Orczy de Orci, Emmuska Orczy, Emma Baroness von Orczy, Emma Barstow, Emmuska, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947)
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- Born
- 23 September 1865
- Died
- 12 November 1947
- Works
- 779
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- Murder on the Railways
- Sḳarleṭ Pimpernel
- The man in the corner
- Unravelled knots
- "Unto Cæsar,"
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Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist.
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Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci (/ˈɔːrtsiː/; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published), was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring The Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.
Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
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