Baroness Orczy

The First Sir Percy is a 1920 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy featuring Sir Percy Blake, ancestor of Orczy's character The Scarlet Pimpernel. It is a direct sequel to The Laughing Cavalier, occurring a few months after the events in the first book. It is March 1624 in Holland. Two months earlier, a mercenary/adventurer who calls himself "Diogenes" foiled the plot on the life of the Stadtholder. Now, he has finally met his real father, an English...

Percy Blake, the forefather of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is hired to kidnap a young woman with sensitive information regarding the potential assassination of a prince. It's a complex family drama, that ties into a mystery surrounding an artist's most acclaimed work. Percy Blake is the adopted son of Dutch painter Frans Hals. He was originally born to an English nobleman who eventually abandoned him and his mother. Set in seventeenth-century Holland,...

Taurus Antinor must choose between his love for Christ and his love for Dea Flavia. Following Christ means rendering unto Caesar those things that are his, even if the Caesar is a raving madman. But he makes the right choice and is rewarded in the end. (Goodreads)

"The Classic Collection of Baroness Emmuska Orczy" presents a captivating array of novels and short stories from the esteemed author, highlighting her iconic tales of adventure, romance, and intrigue. At the forefront of this anthology is "The Scarlet Pimpernel," Orczy's timeless masterpiece that follows the exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a dashing English aristocrat who leads a secret double life as the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel. With cunning disguises...

A nameless old man sits in the corner of a cozy London tea shop, and without leaving his seat, solves baffling crimes reported to him by an admiring lady journalist. Using only methods of pure deduction, the eccentric, self-assured sleuth unravels the mysteries behind a wide range of criminal acts--from gruesome murders ("The Lisson Grove Mystery") and daring thefts ("The Affair at the Novelty Theatre") to brilliant deceptions ("The Liverpool Mystery")...

Twelve classic mystery tales featuring an unconventional sleuth from the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Lawyer and amateur detective Patrick Mulligan is not exactly popular. His colleagues don't care for him, and he has few friends. He does, however, have plenty of clients. Mulligan is always willing to do whatever it takes to get them off the hook and away from the gallows. If that means solving the crimes himself, so be it . . . Originally...

Trepidante novela de la baronesa D ́Orczy (Hungría 1865 - Montecarlo 1947) en el contexto de la Revolución Francesa. La joven y bella Fleurette lleva una vida tranquila en el campo, alejada de los alborotos de la revolución hasta que se ve afectada por el ataque a sus aristocratas vecinos. A partir de ahí entrará en peligros diversos llegando incluso a ser acusada de traición. Paradójicamente es hija del alto cargo de la Revolución, Armand...

An old man sits in the corner of a London tea house. In comes a young lady reporter, and a conversation ensues. 'Mysteries!' he comments. 'There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation.' At first, the reporter wants to terminate the exchange, swiftly. But she cannot walk away when a notorious unsolved murder becomes the topic of their conversation and this slightly...

La série relate les exploits d'un gentilhomme anglais, Sir Percy Blakeney, qui sauve de la guillotine un grand nombre d'aristocrates durant la Révolution française. D'un caractère apparemment nonchalant, distrait, Sir Percy n'est guère pris au sérieux par son entourage, et encore moins par ses ennemis potentiels. Ainsi cache-t-il d'autant mieux son jeu, puisque nul ne peut deviner que sous ce masque inoffensif se dissimule un héritier spirituel...

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the original masked hero adventure story. During the French Revolution a secret society of English gentlemen is formed by the enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, to rescue their fellow French nobility. Marguerite's brother is threatened by a Frenchman, who demands information on the Scarlet Pimpernel in return for her brother's safety. Marguerite makes the exchange only to discover that her boring fop of a husband is the

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