Emma Orczy was born into an aristocratic Hungarian family in 1865. After their estate was nearly destroyed by fire following a dispute with the local peasantry, the family left Hungary and lived in Brussels and Paris before settling in...

Timeless adventure recalls the terror following the French Revolution when hundreds were condemned to face the guillotine daily -- with their only hope a courageous leader who spirited aristocrats across the Channel to safety. von Orczy,...

Der Rote Pimpernel (engl. The Scarlet Pimpernel) ist der erste Roman in einer Reihe historischer Romane von Baroness Orczy. Er wurde geschrieben, nachdem ihr gleichnamiges Bühnenstück in Nottingham uraufgeführt worden war und in London...

Scarlett Pimpernel von Orczy, Baroness