Baroness Orczy

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Beschreibung

A daring English aristocrat, a cunning disguise, and a mission to rescue French nobility from the guillotine. Behind every escape, a mysterious hero leaves his mark-the scarlet pimpernel. Will anyone discover the identity of this elusive savior? Set during the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel follows the thrilling exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a seemingly frivolous English nobleman who secretly orchestrates daring rescues in Paris. As he outwits the revolutionaries and hides his identity from even his closest friends, Blakeney must navigate betrayal and danger in this classic tale of bravery, romance, and adventure. Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi (1865-1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin.

Autor

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, or Baroness "Emmuska" Orczy to her friends and loved ones, was born on Sept 23, 1865, in Tarnaörs, Hungary. Her family, fearing a peasant revolution, fled to Budapest, eventually traveling to Brussels and Paris, where the Baroness lived until she was 14. From there they moved to London, where she attended two schools of art and met her husband, Henry George Montagu MacLean Barstow.They were married in 1894, and when she had her first child in 1899, she began her career as a writer.Her first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks, was a failure, but the Baroness found success writing detective stories for The Royal Magazine. Her second novel, In Mary's Reign, was published in 1901, faring much better than her first.Then in 1903, she and her husband wrote a stage play based on one of her short stories. The Baroness also submitted a novelization of the play under the same title to twelve publishers. While waiting for word from the publishers, The Scarlet Pimpernel stage play was accepted for production in London's West End. It began by bringing small audiences, but ran for four years and became one of Britain's most popular plays.The Baroness wrote many more stories about the Scarlet Pimpernel, accumulating 15 novels and 19 short stories. She is credited with introducing "the hero with a secret identity" trope into popular culture, and was a founding member of The Detection Club, a group of British mystery writers such as Agatha Christie. Baroness Emma Orczy passed away in London on November 12, 1947, in London after a long, happy marriage and successful career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9781479416394
• ISBN-10: 1479416398
• Artikelnr.: 43838990