Baroness Orczy

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Baroness Orczy

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Why Is Baroness Orczy Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Baroness Emma Orczy , usually known as Baroness Orczy or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.

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What Are Baroness Orczy's Academic Contributions?

Baroness Orczy has made the following academic contributions:

• The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Sir Percy Hits Back
• A Child of the Revolution
• The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
• The Tangled Skein
• The Old Man in the Corner
• The Nest of the Sparrowhawk
• The Laughing Cavalier
• The Honourable Jim
• The First Sir Percy
• The Emperor's Candlesticks
• The Elusive Pimpernel
• The Bronze Eagle
• Sir Percy Leads the Band
• Nicolette
• Meadowsweet
• Lord Tony's Wife
• I Will Repay
• Eldorado
• Beau Brocade
• A True Woman
• A Son of the People
• A Sheaf of Bluebells
• A Bride of the Plains