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Emma Orczy
Sign in to saveAlso known as Baroness Orczy, Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala Orczy de Orci, Emmuska Orczy, Emma Baroness von Orczy, Emma Barstow, Emmuska, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 23 September 1865
- Died
- 12 November 1947
- Works
- 779
Top works
- Country House Murders
- Murder on the Railways
- Sḳarleṭ Pimpernel
- The man in the corner
- Unravelled knots
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Film & TV
Writing · Tamaörs, Hungary
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.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1865
- Active to
- 1947
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 16
- Cited by
- 1
Research areas
Most cited works
- The scarlet pimpernel : a romance1909 · 1 cit
- Sir Percy hits back : an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel1927 · 0 cit
- Blue eyes and grey1928 · 0 cit
- The turbulent duchess (H.R.H. madame la duchesse de Berri)1935 · 0 cit
- The scarlet pimpernel : four complete novels in one volume1930 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,391x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 13,793x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,812x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,740x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,765x
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Quotes
- “I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny." And nothing can be quite so wonderful as the workings of a man's or a woman's destiny.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci , 23 September 1865 ( 1865-09-23 ) , Tarnaörs , Heves County , Hungary, Austrian Empire
- Died
- 12 November 1947 (1947-11-12) (aged 82), Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, England
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- Hungarian, British
- Genre
- Historical fiction, mystery fiction and adventure romances
- Notable works
- The Scarlet Pimpernel , The Emperor's Candlesticks
- Spouse
- Henry George Montagu MacLean Barstow ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1894 ; died 1942 )
- Children
- John "Jack" Montague Orczy-Barstow
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Baroness Emma Orczy (Bassano).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1865-09-27
- date of death
- 1947-11-12
- Commons category
- Emma Orczy
- name in native language
- Orczy Emmuska
- birth name
- Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci
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Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci (/ˈɔːrtsiː/; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published), 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 French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.
Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.