El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Dodo Press)
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
(Author)
Emmuska Baroness Orczy
(Author)
Description
Baroness, (Emusca/Emmuska/Emma Magdalena Rosalia Marie Josepha Barbara) Orczy, Mrs Barstow (1865-1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. Her parents left Hungary in 1868, fearful of the threat of a peasant revolution. They lived in Budapest, Brussels, and Paris, where Emma studied music without success. Finally, in 1880, the family moved to London where they lodged with their countryman Francis Pichler. In 1903, she and her husband, Montague MaClean Barstow, wrote a play based on one of her short stories about an English aristocrat, Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., who rescued French aristocrats from the French revolution: The Scarlet Pimpernel. She went on to write over a dozen sequels featuring Sir Percy Blakeney, his family, and the other members of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, of which the first, I Will Repay (1906), was the most popular. The last Pimpernel book, Mam'zelle Guillotine, was published in 1940. She also wrote popular mystery fiction and many adventure romances.Product Details
Price
$27.99
Publisher
Dodo Press
Publish Date
September 24, 2007
Pages
376
Dimensions
6.0 X 0.84 X 9.0 inches | 1.21 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781406560695
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About the Author
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Emmuska Orczy de Orci (1865 - 1947), commonly known 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.