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Baroness Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, the daughter of Baron Felix Orczy, a landed aristocrat and well-known composer and conductor. Orczy moved with her parents from Budapest to Brussels and Paris, where she was educated. She studied art in London and exhibited work in the Royal Academy. Orczy married Montagu Barstow and together they worked as illustrators and jointly published an edition of Hungarian folk tales. Orczy became famous in 1905 with the publication of The Scarlet Pimpernel (originally a play co-written with her husband). Its background of the French Revolution and swashbuckling hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, was to prove immensely popular. Sequel books followed and film and TV versions were later made. Orczy also wrote detective stories. She died in 1947.
Genres: Historical, Mystery
Series
Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)
1. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
2. I Will Repay (1906)
3. The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
4. Eldorado (1913)
The Laughing Cavalier (1914)
5. Lord Tony's Wife (1917)
5.5. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
5.6. The First Sir Percy (1920)
6. The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922)
6.5. Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924)
7. Sir Percy Hits Back (1927)
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1929)
8. A Child of the Revolution (1932)
9. The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
10. Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936)
11. Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940)
1. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
2. I Will Repay (1906)
3. The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
4. Eldorado (1913)
The Laughing Cavalier (1914)
5. Lord Tony's Wife (1917)
5.5. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
5.6. The First Sir Percy (1920)
6. The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922)
6.5. Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924)
7. Sir Percy Hits Back (1927)
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1929)
8. A Child of the Revolution (1932)
9. The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
10. Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936)
11. Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940)
Teahouse Detective
1. The Old Man in the Corner (1908)
aka The Man in the Corner
2. The Case of Miss Elliott (1905)
3. Unravelled Knots (1925)
1. The Old Man in the Corner (1908)
aka The Man in the Corner
2. The Case of Miss Elliott (1905)
3. Unravelled Knots (1925)
Novels
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899)
Petticoat Government (1909)
Petticoat Rule (1910)
The Heart of a Woman (1911)
aka A True Woman
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk (1911)
Meadowsweet (1912)
Leatherface (1916)
The Man in Grey (1918)
The Miser of Maida Vale (1925)
The Celestial City (1926)
Blue Eyes and Grey (1929)
In the Rue Monge (1931)
Marivosa (1931)
A Joyous Adventure (1932)
A Spy of Napoleon (1934)
The Uncrowned King (1935)
Divine Folly (1937)
No Greater Love (1938)
Pride of Race (1942)
Will O'-the-Wisp (1947)
Petticoat Government (1909)
Petticoat Rule (1910)
The Heart of a Woman (1911)
aka A True Woman
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk (1911)
Meadowsweet (1912)
Leatherface (1916)
The Man in Grey (1918)
The Miser of Maida Vale (1925)
The Celestial City (1926)
Blue Eyes and Grey (1929)
In the Rue Monge (1931)
Marivosa (1931)
A Joyous Adventure (1932)
A Spy of Napoleon (1934)
The Uncrowned King (1935)
Divine Folly (1937)
No Greater Love (1938)
Pride of Race (1942)
Will O'-the-Wisp (1947)
Collections
By the Gods Beloved (1906)
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910)
Castles in the Air (1921)
Skin O' My Tooth (1928)
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (1910)
Castles in the Air (1921)
Skin O' My Tooth (1928)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Baroness Orczy
The Edinburgh Mystery (2022)
And Other Tales of Scottish Crime
(British Library Crime Classics)
edited by
Martin Edwards
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