The Hungarian-born Baroness Orczy (1865-1947) emigrated young with her affluent family to England and used her love of romance, mystery, disguise, and especially heroism to create many fictional popular characters. She is best known as the writer of The Scarlet Pimpernel-featuring the daring and mysterious savior of French aristocrats from the revolutionary guillotine.
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Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir Percy Blakeney's exploits in rescuing var... SEE MORE