Beau Brocade (eBook, ePUB) - Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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Beau Brocade is a historical novel set in England during the reign of King George II that centers around the title character who is similar to Robin Hood. The novel centres on the eponymous Beau Brocade, who is a former member of the Royal Dragoons and has been dismissed from his position due to a dispute with a superior. He becomes a masked highwayman, who steals from the rich to give to the poor, and is considered a loyal, brave and charming man by those he encounters. He is needed to assist Phillip Gascoyne (an Earl in immediate danger after he was falsely accused of being a traitor to the King) who desires to make contact with his sister.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Beau Brocade is a historical novel set in England during the reign of King George II that centers around the title character who is similar to Robin Hood. The novel centres on the eponymous Beau Brocade, who is a former member of the Royal Dragoons and has been dismissed from his position due to a dispute with a superior. He becomes a masked highwayman, who steals from the rich to give to the poor, and is considered a loyal, brave and charming man by those he encounters. He is needed to assist Phillip Gascoyne (an Earl in immediate danger after he was falsely accused of being a traitor to the King) who desires to make contact with his sister.
Autorenporträt
Baroness Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnaors, Hungary in 1865. She was a notable artist, playwright and author. Her father Baron Felix Orczy was a composer and mother Countess Emma Orczy. Due to a peasant revolt her family fled to Brussels then Paris and lastly to London. With her sister Emma studied in convent schools in Brussels and Paris. She learned music and paintings but gained success in paintings at the West London School of Art and at Heartherley. In collaboration with her husband Montague Barstow, Baroness Hungarian fairy tales and began writing romance and fiction. She was appreciated for the translation of Old Hungarian Fairy Tales. Her first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks faced rejection for being too short. But her second novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' proved a boon for him, she earned name and fame. As a prominent author she wrote dozens of romantic novels, plays and detective stories. Her memorable works-The Man in Grey, The Laughing Cavalier, Skin O' My Tooth, Eldorado- a sequel to the Scarlet Pimpernel, The Old Man in the Corner, The Divine Folly, The Old Scare Crow, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard etc. She was died in London in 1947.