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The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emma Orczy

By: Baroness Emma Orczy

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The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emma Orczy

By: Baroness Emma Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel was first published in 1905 and has proved to be Orczys most famous and popular novel. The work was originally rejected by publishers, so she refashioned it as a play, with little initial success.The book continued to be popular throughout the twentieth century and was adapted for film, stage and television on multiple occasions. One of the most famous and well-considered adaptations is the 1934 film starring Leslie Howard and directed by Harold Young. The television adaptations include a 1955-56 version and the 1999-2000 BBC production starring Richard E. Grant and Elizabeth McGovern.The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792 during the French Revolution, but centres on an English hero performing great and brave deeds in a violent and murderous climate. Marguerite St Just is a beautiful French actress, who is married to the English fop, Sir Percy Blakeney. The couple have become estranged as Marguerite has tired of her husbands seemingly superficial lifestyle. She has heard about the exploits of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel an unknown English man who is daily helping French aristocrats to escape the Revolution. She is captivated and entranced by the stories surrounding him, but is soon forced into a position where she must assist the French ambassador to England in capturing the elusive man.

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Phoemixx Classics Ebooks

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398594301X

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9783985943012

I Will Repay

By: Baroness Orczy

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I Will Repay

By: Baroness Orczy

It is Paris, 1793, the most seething time of the revolution. No one knew in the morning if his head would still be on his shoulders in the evening, or if it would be held up by citizen Samson the headsman, for the sans-culottes of Paris to see. However, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney, is still at large to rescue France's aristocrats.

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House of Stratus

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0755116607

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9780755116607

The Scarlet Pimpernel

By: Baroness Orczy

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

By: Baroness Orczy

The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritten, and reinterpreted by each generation, is the mark of a plot that is timeless and universal, even though it happens to be set in England and France of 1792.”

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322

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Everyman's Library

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0375406581

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9780375406584

Eldorado

By: Baroness Orczy

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Eldorado

By: Baroness Orczy

Armand St Just, his beautiful sister Marguerite and her husband Sir Percy Blakeney are once again caught up in the turmoil of revolutionary France. And adventurer Baron de Batz enters the story. It is 1794 and Paris had remained a city of pleasure, with the knife of the guillotine dropping less frequently. But this could change ....

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House of Stratus

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0755126564

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9780755126569

By The Gods Beloved

By: Baroness Orczy

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By The Gods Beloved

By: Baroness Orczy

Mark and Hugh are school friends. Mark has visited Hugh’s house, whose father is an Egyptologist and where there is an odd museum. One day, Hugh discovers the descendants of ancient pharaohs are still living in the Libyan Desert. The two then experience incredible adventures, strange sights, a beautiful princess and great dangers.

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309

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House of Stratus

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0755126475

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9780755126477

Lord Tony ́s Wife

By: Baroness Orczy

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Lord Tony ́s Wife

By: Baroness Orczy

Reproduction of the original: Lord Tony ́s Wife by Baroness Orczy

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226

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3732686760

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9783732686766

The First Sir Percy

By: Baroness Orczy

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The First Sir Percy

By: Baroness Orczy

The story starts in 1624 in the Netherlands and concerns the Scarlet Pimpernel’s ancestor, Diogenes, aka the first Sir Percy Blakeney. Diogenes and his friends Socrates and Pythagoras swear allegiance to the royalist cause. Their undivided loyalty results in many adventures – and more than one foe.

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House of Stratus

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0755147669

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9780755147663

The Elusive Pimpernel

By: Baroness Orczy

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The Elusive Pimpernel

By: Baroness Orczy

Reproduction of the original: The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

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3732682129

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9783732682126

El Dorado

By: Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness

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El Dorado

By: Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness

In Paris, that city of poets and soldiers, the blood-stained walls still echo with cries of horror from the massacres of the Revolution. And now a new threat hangs over the great city: for the Committee of General Security has just acquired full powers to invade private homes, to act at will against the enemies of public welfare -- and to interrogate them without witnesses. This new law, Robespierre's latest whim, is no less than a ruse to beat up game for the thirsty guillotine News soon reaches the ears of that champion of the helpless and the innocent, the mysterious and ingenious Englishman known in France only as . . . the Scarlet Pimpernel. English novelist and playwright Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) achieved enduring success with her novels of politics, intrigue and underground resistance, including El Dorado, set during the French Revolution.

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Aegypan

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160664730X

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9781606647301

Sir Percy Hits Back

By: Baroness Orczy

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Sir Percy Hits Back

By: Baroness Orczy

A cross between the 'Three Musketeers' and 'Zorro', this swashbuckling adventure is full of sword fights and secret missions. Set during the French Revolution, it tells the story of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English aristocrat with a secret identity. He is the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel. A man who bravely saves French aristocrats from the guillotine and smuggles them back to England. But when his arch enemy asks for his help, will Sir Percy come to his rescue? This classic action-packed adventure story is the ninth book in the ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ series and is perfect for fans of historical adventure fiction and the author Alexandre Dumas. Baroness Emmuska Orczy, (1865— 1947) was a Hungarian-born British author and artist, best known for the swashbuckling adventure novel, ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ (1905). A huge success in its day, it prompted several sequels, such as ‘The Elusive Pimpernel’ (1908) and ‘The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel’ (1933) and has been adapted for stage and screen many times, most notably the eponymous TV series starring Elizabeth McGovern and Richard E. Grant. Baroness Orczy also wrote several detective novels, including ‘Lady Molly of Scotland Yard’ (1910) and ‘Unravelled Knots’ (1925).

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298

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Lindhardt og Ringhof

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8728350588

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9788728350584

Sir Percy Leads The Band

By: Baroness Orczy

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Sir Percy Leads The Band

By: Baroness Orczy

Sir Percy leads a band of musicians and the disguise enables him to listen in to conversations as revolutionaries lay their plans. It even becomes possible to outwit Citizen Chauvelin, who arrives on the scene. Treachery from within the band forces ‘The Pimpernel’ to rely on wit and judgment to bring about an astonishing conclusion.

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House of Stratus

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0755147782

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9780755147786

El Dorado

By: Baroness Orczy

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El Dorado

By: Baroness Orczy

Sir Percy Blakeney returns in the swashbuckling sequel to the classic novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel, as the French Revolution rages and danger abounds. Despite the brutality that scarred the city during the early days of the Revolution, Paris has proved resilient with curtains rising on theatrical performances and residents seeking escape in make believe. But the new Republic’s rule of bloodshed and terror continues unabated. Rarely out of France, the Scarlet Pimpernel, English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney, has selflessly tried to save the innocent from death and imprisonment. His men, spoiled society darlings, hang onto his every word, willing to leave the luxuries of London or Bath to save the helpless victims of tyranny. One such man is Blakeney’s own brother-in-law, Armand St. Just. It is Armand’s capricious heart that will lead him to betray his leader to enemies that want nothing more than to bring the Scarlet Pimpernel to his knees.

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Open Road Media

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1504081064

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9781504081061

The Old Man in the Corner

By: Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness

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The Old Man in the Corner

By: Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness

The Old Man in the Corner (1908) introduces one of the mystery genre's first armchair detectives, and he's a peculiar case himself. He comes out of his corner on page one to intrude on a young woman journalist, Miss Burton of the Evening Observer, at her table in a tea shop. There is no such thing as a mystery, the Old Man insists, no matter what people read in the penny press. To prove it, he sets about solving a number of crimes the police couldn't. His deductions are based mostly on accounts in the news. The book's inventive premise is the work of the Hungarian Baroness Emmuska Orczy, best-known for her creation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, Her masked hero saved aristocrats, and she gives the Old Man a touch of the upper crust as well. He claims to be only an amateur, but his disdain for the police is like the king to the commoner. He has a rich man's -- or crazy man's -- eccentricities. He admires a clever crook, and his nervous fingers tie elaborate knots in a piece of string while he mulls the clues. Now, follow my reasoning point by point . . . he challenges Miss Burton, and off he goes to out-smart the sharpest criminals in London -- all without leaving the table.

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1606647326

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9781606647325

Baroness Orczy's Old Man in the Corner

The Old Man in the Corner, the Case of Miss Elliott, the Glasgow Mystery

By: Emmuska Baroness Orczy

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Baroness Orczy's Old Man in the Corner

The Old Man in the Corner, the Case of Miss Elliott, the Glasgow Mystery

By: Emmuska Baroness Orczy

Baroness Emma Orczy, best known for her Scarlet Pimpernel stories, also wrote popular detective stories. This volume includes her two books, The Old Man in the Corner and The Case of Miss Elliott, both of which relate the logical theorizing of the anonymous Old Man as he discusses (and solves) mysterious crimes with a "lady journalist." Orczy initially wrote 13 short stories featuring this unusual detective, but only included 12 of the stories when they finally were bound in a single volume (with minor story modifications). The missing 13th story, The Glasgow Mystery, is here included separately as it first appeared in the Royal Magazine in 1901.

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1616460156

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9781616460150

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: Baroness Emma Orczy

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The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By: Baroness Emma Orczy

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Baroness Emma Orczy’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Orczy includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Orczy’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

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Delphi Classics

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1788779169

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9781788779166

Delphi Collected Works of Baroness Emma Orczy US (Illustrated)

By: Baroness Emma "Emmuska" Orczy

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Delphi Collected Works of Baroness Emma Orczy US (Illustrated)

By: Baroness Emma "Emmuska" Orczy

The Hungarian-born British novelist, Baroness Emma Orczy achieved immense fame as the author of ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’, one of the greatest successes of twentieth century literature, as well as numerous historical adventure novels and innovative detective fiction. This comprehensive eBook presents Orczy’s collected works, with all the Scarlet Pimpernel adventures in the US public domain, numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Orczy’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels and other texts * 25 novels, with individual contents tables * Special ‘Scarlet Pimpernel Series’ table of contents, allowing you to navigate the famous works quickly * Includes rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including BY THE GODS BELOVED, A SON OF THE PEOPLE and NICOLETTE * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Orczy’s rare OLD HUNGARIAN FAIRY TALES – available in no other collection * Includes Orczy’s autobiography - discover the author’s personal and literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, Orczy’s later novels and short stories cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Scarlet Pimpernel Series The Novels THE EMPEROR’S CANDLESTICKS IN MARY’S REIGN THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY THE GODS BELOVED I WILL REPAY A SON OF THE PEOPLE BEAU BROCADE THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL THE NEST OF THE SPARROWHAWK PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT A TRUE WOMAN FIRE IN STUBBLE MEADOWSWEET EL DORADO UNTO CÆSAR THE LAUGHING CAVALIER A BRIDE OF THE PLAINS THE BRONZE EAGLE LEATHERFACE LORD TONY’S WIFE A SHEAF OF BLUEBELLS HIS MAJESTY’S WELL-BELOVED THE FIRST SIR PERCY THE TRIUMPH OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL NICOLETTE The Short Story Collections OLD HUNGARIAN FAIRY TALES THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL CASTLES IN THE AIR The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Autobiography LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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1786560232

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9781786560230

Skin o' My Tooth

By: Baroness Orczy

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Skin o' My Tooth

By: Baroness Orczy

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 published in 1928, this collection of twelve short mystery stories, as told by Mulligan’s confidential clerk, follows the exploits of the Irish lawyer. With his keen intellect, humor, and a bit of cynicism, Mulligan ferrets out the truth to protect the innocent and take down the guilty.

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Open Road Media

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1504080742

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9781504080743

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