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Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
1865–1947
Best remembered for creating the masked hero of The Scarlet Pimpernel, this Hungarian-born British writer helped shape the modern adventure story. She also wrote plays, detective fiction, and a long-running series that kept readers following Sir Percy Blakeney for decades.
37 Audiobooks
The Noble Rogue
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Heart of a Woman
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Keisarin kynttilänjalat
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Castles in the Air
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Pustan poika
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The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days
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By the gods beloved
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A Bride of the Plains
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"Unto Caesar"
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El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Elusive Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Beau Brocade: A Romance
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Petticoat Rule
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Old Man in the Corner
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Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
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His Majesty's Well-Beloved An Episode in the Life of Mr. Thomas Betteron as told by His Friend John Honeywood
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
I will repay
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Tulipunainen neilikka : Pakolaisromaani
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
A Sheaf of Bluebells
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The emperor's candlesticks
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
De Roode Pimpernel
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Minä tahdon kostaa
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Unravelled Knots
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Flower o' the lily: A romance of old Cambray
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Baroness Orczy
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Nicolette: a tale of old Provence
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
![The man in grey Being episodes of the Chovan [i.e. Chouan] conspiracies in Normandy during the First Empire.](https://listenly.io/api/img/6638c9f9972dc5c80ef7c5ae/cover.jpg)
The man in grey Being episodes of the Chovan [i.e. Chouan] conspiracies in Normandy during the First Empire.
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Pimpernel and Rosemary
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Tangled Skein
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
The case of Miss Elliott
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
About the author
Born in Hungary on September 23, 1865, she moved with her family through Brussels and Paris before settling in London. She studied art there, exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy, and later turned to writing, bringing a vivid visual sense to her fiction.
Her great breakthrough came with The Scarlet Pimpernel. First successful as a play and then published as a novel in 1905, it introduced Sir Percy Blakeney, the seemingly idle English gentleman who secretly rescues people from the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. The character became enormously popular and inspired many sequels, helping establish the model of the modern disguised hero.
She wrote widely beyond that famous series, including plays and detective stories, but The Scarlet Pimpernel remains the work most closely tied to her name. She died in London on November 12, 1947, leaving behind one of the most enduring adventure figures in popular fiction.