Baroness Orczy

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Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

"Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" contains a wonderful collection of short stories by Baroness Orczy that centre around Molly Robertson-Kirk, a quick-witted detective who relies on brains rather than brawn to get to the bottom of mysteries that completely elude her male counterparts. Highly recommended for fans of classic detective fiction and other works by this seminal author. Baroness Emma Orczy (1865-1947), more commonly known as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British playwright and novelist most famous for her novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, an English aristocrat whose quick wit and skills as an escape artist enable him to save members of the French aristocracy during the French Revolution. Contents include: "The Ninescore Mystery", "The Frewin Miniatures", "The Irish-Tweed Coat", "The Fordwych Castle Mystery", "A Day's Folly", "A Castle in Brittany", "A Christmas Tragedy", "The Bag of Sand", etc. Other notable works by this author include: "By the Gods Beloved" (1905), "I Will Repay the Scarlet Pimpernel" (1906), and "A Son of the People" (1906). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this collection of short stories now in a brand new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781528792004
• Artikelnr.: 62155995