Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Writer, known for The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, The Scarlet Pimpernel

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.