Baroness Orczy
| Baroness Emma Orczy | |
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Portrait of Baroness Emma Orczy by Bassano
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| Born | Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci 23 September 1865 Tarnaörs, Heves County, Hungary |
| Died |
12 November 1947 (aged 82) Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Hungarian, British |
| Genre | Historical fiction, mystery fiction and adventure romances |
| Notable works |
The Scarlet Pimpernel The Emperor's Candlesticks |
| Spouse | Montagu Barstow |
| Children | John Montague Orczy-Barstow (pen name John Blakeney) |
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci (/ˈɔːrtsiː/; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), pen name as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright, and artist of noble origin. She is most known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist, representing the original "hero with a secret identity". Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnaörs, Heves County, Hungary, and was the daughter of composer Baron Félix Orczy de Orci (1835–1892) and Countess Emma Wass de Szentegyed et Cege (1839–1892). Her grandfather, Baron László Orczy (1787–1880) was a royal councillor, and also knight of the Sicilian order of Saint George, her grandmother was the Baroness Magdolna Müller (1811–1879). Her maternal grandparents were the Count Sámuel Wass de Szentegyed et Cege (1815–1879), member of the Hungarian parliament, and Rozália Eperjessy de Károlyfejérvár (1814–1884).
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