Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Writing
September 23, 1865
Died at age 82
November 12, 1947
Date of Death
Tamaörs, Hungary
Biography
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.