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Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, usually known as Baroness 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.

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Books37

The Nest of the Sparrowhawk

The Nest of the Sparrowhawk

The adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries

Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries

2022

with Barry Perowne

Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

2018

with Robert Eustace and Victor L. Whitechurch

Female Sleuths Megapack: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth

Female Sleuths Megapack: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth

2013

with Anna Katharine Green

Ne tol'ko Holms: Detektiv vremen Konan Dojla

Ne tol'ko Holms: Detektiv vremen Konan Dojla

2009

with Anna Katharine Green, Robert Eustace, Grant Allen, Israel Zangwill, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Victor L. Whitechurch

Classic Railway Murders : Four Unabridged Mysteries

Classic Railway Murders : Four Unabridged Mysteries

2001

with Victor L. Whitechurch

Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories

Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories

1997

with Robert Eustace

English country house murders

English country house murders

1988
Escape Stories

Escape Stories

1981

with Airey Neave

Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2

Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2

1979

with Robert Eustace and Victor L. Whitechurch

The Will-o'-the-wisp

The Will-o'-the-wisp

1947
Mam'zelle Guillotine

Mam'zelle Guillotine

1940
Sir Percy Leads the Band

Sir Percy Leads the Band

1936
The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1935

with John Blakeney and John Montagu Orczy Barstow

A Spy of Napoleon

A Spy of Napoleon

1934
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1933
A Child of the Revolution

A Child of the Revolution

1932
Sir Percy Hits Back

Sir Percy Hits Back

1927
Pimpernel and Rosemary

Pimpernel and Rosemary

1924
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1922
Castles in the Air

Castles in the Air

1921
The First Sir Percy: an Adventure of the Laughing Cavalier

The First Sir Percy: an Adventure of the Laughing Cavalier

1921
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1919
Lord Tony's Wife

Lord Tony's Wife

1916
The Laughing Cavalier

The Laughing Cavalier

1914
El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1913
Eldorado

Eldorado

1913
Lady Molly Of Scotland Yard

Lady Molly Of Scotland Yard

1910
The Old Man in the Corner

The Old Man in the Corner

1908
The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

1908
I Will Repay

I Will Repay

1906
La primula rossa

La primula rossa

1905
La Pimpinela Escarlata

La Pimpinela Escarlata

1905
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1905
The Scarlett Pimpernel

The Scarlett Pimpernel

1905
The Case of Miss Elliott

The Case of Miss Elliott

1905

Box sets & omnibuses2

Mysteries for Christmas: 48 Puzzling Murder Mysteries & Supernatural Thrillers: What the Shepherd Saw, The Ghosts at Grantley, The Mystery of Room Five, ... of Cernogratz, A Terrible Christmas Eve...

Mysteries for Christmas: 48 Puzzling Murder Mysteries & Supernatural Thrillers: What the Shepherd Saw, The Ghosts at Grantley, The Mystery of Room Five, ... of Cernogratz, A Terrible Christmas Eve...

2017
Collected Works of Baroness Emma Orczy

Collected Works of Baroness Emma Orczy

2014