Baroness, (Emusca/Emmuska/Emma Magdalena Rosalia Marie Josepha Barbara) Orczy, Mrs Barstow (1865-1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. Her parents left Hungary in 1868, fearful of the threat of a peasant revolution. They lived in Budapest, Brussels, and Paris, where Emma studied music without success. Finally, in 1880, the family moved to London where they lodged with their countryman Francis Pichler. In 1903, she and her husband, Montague MaClean Barstow, wrote a play based on one of her short stories about an English aristocrat, Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., who rescued French aristocrats from the French revolution: The Scarlet Pimpernel. She went on to write over a dozen sequels featuring Sir Percy Blakeney, his family, and the other members of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, of which the first, I Will Repay (1906), was the most popular. The last Pimpernel book, Mam'zelle Guillotine, was published in 1940. She also wrote popular mystery fiction and many adventure romances.ContentsI. THE NINESCORE MYSTERYII. THE FREWIN MINIATURESIII. THE IRISH-TWEED COATIV. THE FORDWYCH CASTLE MYSTERYV. A DAY'S FOLLYVI. A CASTLE IN BRITTANYVII. A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDYVIII. THE BAG OF SANDIX. THE MAN IN THE INVERNESS CAPEX. THE WOMAN IN THE BIG HATXI. SIR JEREMIAH'S WILLXII. THE END

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Author's biography and stories in the trial version. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Table of Contents List of Works by Genre and TitleList of Works in Alphabetical Order List of Works in Chronological OrderEmma Orczy Biography Short Stories / Collections of Detective StoriesCastles in the AirLady Molly of Scotland YardThe League of the Scarlet PimpernelThe Old Man in the Corner NovelsThe Bronze EagleEldoradoThe Elusive PimpernelThe First Sir PercyI will RepayThe Laughing CavalierLord Tony's WifeThe Nest of the SparrowhawkThe Scarlet PimpernelThe Triumph of the Scarlet PimpernelUnto CæsarSir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel) Reading orderoriginal dates of publication included. 01. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)02. I will repay (1906)03. The elusive Pimpernel (1908)04. Eldorado (1913)05. Lord Tony's wife (1917)06. The league of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)07. The way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1933)08. Sir Percy leads the band (1936)09. Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940)10. Sir Percy hits back (1927)11. The triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922)12. Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (SSC) (1929)Sir Percy also appears as the storyteller in: Child of the revolutionFiction: Vaguely related Pimpernel books:The first Sir Percy (set in Holland)The laughing cavalier (set in Holland)Pimpernel and Rosemary (set in Hungary)Fiction: Detective:Old man in the cornerCase of Miss ElliottLady Molly of Scotland YardCastles in the airSkin o' my toothUnravelled knots

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the original masked hero adventure story. During the French Revolution a secret society of English gentlemen is formed by the enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, to rescue their fellow French nobility. Marguerite's brother is threatened by a Frenchman, who demands information on the Scarlet Pimpernel in return for her brother's safety. Marguerite makes the exchange only to discover that her boring fop of a husband is the Pimpernel himself! She follows him to France and so each proves themselves to the other what they really are.