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Emma Orczy

1 series 16 books in order 1 standalone book

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi (1865-1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright born in Tarnaors, Heves County, Hungary, daughter of composer Baron Felix Orczy and Countess Emma Wass. Her family settled in London in 1880. She studied at West London School of Art and Heatherley's School of Fine Art, married illustrator Montague MacLean Barstow in 1894, and published her first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks, in 1899.

Born
1865
Known for
The Scarlet Pimpernel

Series by Emma Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel

15 books in order · 1900–1940

  1. Cover of The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

    1900 · Emma Orczy

    The Scarlet Pimpernel is a play and adventure novel written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy in 1905. It is set during the Reign of Terror, a violent period…

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    I Will Repay

    1906 · Emma Orczy

    Juliette Marny has sworn to ruin the man who killed her brother. Ten years later, when she finally meets him, she learns the truth about her…

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  3. Cover of The Elusive Pimpernel (Scarlet Pimpernel)

    The Elusive Pimpernel (Scarlet Pimpernel)

    Year unknown · Emma Orczy

    Set in Paris in September 1793, described as Year I of the Republic, this passage depicts a city consumed by bloodshed, anarchy, and terrorism, with…

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We list 16 books by Emma Orczy across 1 series, published between 1900–1940 — each shown in full reading order.

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