Baroness Emma Magdolna Roz lia M ria Jozefa Borb la Emmuska Orczy de Orci (23 September 1865 - 12 November 1947) 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 ill-fated French royalty from Madame Guillotine during the French revolution.
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