Back إيما أورتشي Arabic ايما اورتشى ARZ اما اورکزی AZB Emma Orczy Breton Emma Orczy Catalan Emmuska Orczy Czech Emma Orczy German Emma Orczy Esperanto Emma Orczy Spanish Emma Orczy Basque
Baroness Orczy | |
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 Orczy in 1920 | |
| Born | Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci 23 September 1865 Tarnaörs, Heves County, Hungary, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 12 November 1947 (aged 82) Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Hungarian, British |
| Genre | Historical fiction, mystery fiction and adventure romances |
| Notable works | The Scarlet Pimpernel The Emperor's Candlesticks |
| Spouse |
Henry George Montagu MacLean Barstow
(m. 1894; died 1942) |
| Children | John "Jack" Montague Orczy-Barstow |
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (/ˈɔːrtsiː/; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) 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.[1]
Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. She established the Women of England's Active Service League during World War I with the intention of empowering women to convince men to enlist in the military.