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1865–1947 · Hungarian-born British novelist

Baroness Orczy

Baroness Orczy

Baroness Orczy (1865–1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.

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Novels

#First publishedBookKindListening timeRead
11905
The Scarlet Pimpernel

A secret rescuer smuggles condemned prisoners out of revolutionary France.

Novel9 h 35 minFree to startRead free
21906
I Will Repay

A woman falls in love with the man she must avenge.

Novel7 h 12 minFree to startRead free
31908
The Elusive Pimpernel

An English rescuer faces a French agent determined to expose him.

Novel9 h 26 minFree to startRead free
41913
El Dorado

An Englishman's secret rescue mission endangers him in revolutionary France.

Novel13 h 55 minFree to startRead free
51917
Lord Tony's Wife

An Englishman's marriage draws him into danger during the French Revolution.

Novel10 h 14 minFree to startRead free

Stories and shorter works

#First publishedBookKindListening timeRead
11909
The Old Man in the Corner

An old man explains unsolved crimes from a tea shop.

Stories7 h 57 minFree to startRead free
21910
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

A woman detective investigates crimes with an admiring colleague.

Stories9 h 18 minFree to startRead free
31919
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

An English gentleman and his friends attempt rescues in Revolutionary France.

Stories8 h 32 minFree to startRead free
41925
Unravelled Knots

Thirteen mysteries turn on hidden motives, lies, and careful reasoning.

Stories11 h 53 minFree to startRead free

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About Baroness Orczy

Baroness Orczy (1865–1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. Born Emma Orczy in Tarnaörs, Hungary, she moved to London in 1880. She wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel, published in 1905, and detective stories, including The Old Man in the Corner and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. She died in London.

Born
1865
Died
1947

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