The Scarlet Pimpernel - Orczy, Baroness
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Baroness Orczy was a Hungarian who moved to London. She became a novelist, painter, and playwright. Orcy's book the Scarlet Pimpernel is her best-known work. The Scarlet Pimpernel is first in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel; leader of a band of titled Englishmen who smuggle suspected or condemned emigres into England during the reign of terror. With the republican mob in frenzy, French aristocrats are being guillotined indiscriminately. A group of British adventurers, led by the mysterious "Scarlet Pimpernel," are spiriting innocent victims out of Paris. French agent Chauvelin arrives…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Baroness Orczy was a Hungarian who moved to London. She became a novelist, painter, and playwright. Orcy's book the Scarlet Pimpernel is her best-known work. The Scarlet Pimpernel is first in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel; leader of a band of titled Englishmen who smuggle suspected or condemned emigres into England during the reign of terror. With the republican mob in frenzy, French aristocrats are being guillotined indiscriminately. A group of British adventurers, led by the mysterious "Scarlet Pimpernel," are spiriting innocent victims out of Paris. French agent Chauvelin arrives in England to discover the leader's true identity and enlists the help of a clever French beauty married to the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney.
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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.