Baroness Orczy

The Old Man in the Corner

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Fingerprint Classics
• Verlag: BJU Press
• Abridged
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781591669524
• ISBN-10: 1591669529
• Artikelnr.: 26162843

Autorenporträt

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was a British novelist, playwright, and artist of Hungarian nobility. Orczy was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary in 1865 and moved to England with her family at a young age. She began her career as an artist and illustrator, but later turned to writing. In addition to the Scarlet Pimpernel series, Orczy also wrote numerous other novels, plays, and short stories. She was made a baroness by the Hungarian government in 1911 in recognition of her literary achievements. Orczy died in London in 1947.