Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci 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, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Active - 1916 - 1982 |
Birth - Sep 27, 1865 |
Death - Nov 12, 1947 |
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Silent Film, Romance, History
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Subgenres - Silent Film, Swashbuckler Film, Silent Feature, Historical Film
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