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Baroness Emma Orczy, usually known as Baroness Orczy or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.

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Orczy, Emma (1865–1947)

Hungarian-born English author . Name variations: Emmuska Orczy; Baroness Orczy. Born Emmuska Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy on September 23, 1865, in Tarna-Örs, Hungary; died on November 12, 1947, in London, England; daughter of Baron Felix Orczy (a gifted amateur composer) and Countess Emmuska Wass; married Montagu Barstow, in 1894 (died 1943); children: John Montagu Orczy Barstow (b. 1899).

Selected writings:

The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899); By the Gods Beloved (1905); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905); The Tangled Skein (1907); The Old Man in the Corner (1908); Lady Molly of Scotland Yard(1910); Meadowsweet (1912); Unto Caesar (1914); The Old Scarecrow (1916); Silver-leg (1918); Castles in the Air (1921); The Honorable Jim (1924); The Celestial City (1926); Blue Eyes and Grey (1928); Skin o' My Tooth (1928); The Divine Folly (1937); Pride of Race (1942); Links in the Chain of Life (1947).

Born on September 23, 1865, in Tarna-Örs, Hungary, Emma Orczy, daughter of Countess Emmuska Wass and Baron F

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Baroness Emma Orczy, usually known as Baroness Orczy or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She was born on September 23, 1865, in Tarnaörs, Hungary. 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.

About Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emmuska Orczy was the daughter of the composer Baron Félix Orczy de Orci and Countess Emma Wass de Szentegyed et Cege. Her parents left their estate for Budapest in 1868, fearful of the threat of a peasant revolution. They lived in Budapest, Brussels, and Paris, where Emma studied music unsuccessfully. Finally, in 1880, the 14-year-old Emma and her family moved to London, England.

In London, Orczy attended West London School of Art and then the Heatherley School of Fine Art. Although not destined to be a painter, it was at art school that she met a youn

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Baroness Orczy

Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865–1947)

The native form of this personal name is báró orci Orczy Emma. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, 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.^[1]

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. She established the Women of