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The Hero With A Secret Identity
The Baroness Orczy was a British novelist and playwright who created the character of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a secret hero who appeared in a series of novels and plays. The character, who is also known as Sir Percy Blakeney, is a wealthy English aristocrat who leads a double life as the leader of a group of brave men who rescue aristocrats from the clutches of the French Revolutionaries. The character was first introduced in the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (as a book and a play) which was published in 1905 and was an instant success. The Baroness Orczy went on to write several sequels featuring the character, as well as several plays and adaptations for film and television. The Scarlet Pimpernel is known for being a charismatic, adventurous, and brave hero, who uses his wit and cunning to outsmart his enemies and help those in need.
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The Baroness Orczy, Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, was born on September 23, 1865 as Baroness Emma Orczy, in Hungary and died on November 12, 1947 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
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Born on September 23, 1865 The Baroness OrczyHungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel |
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The Baroness Orczy
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The Baroness Orczy
1865-1947
Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jesse James
1847-1882
American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang
Published Events
Baroness Orczy Publishes The Scarlet Pimpernel
It happened on May 6, 1905
When The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy appeared in 1905 it was met with a warm popular embrace even as critics raised an eyebrow. The novel capitalised on the hero-with-a-secret-identity trope, offering an escape-story set amid the Reign of Terror t
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Baroness Emma Orczy's play The Scarlet Pimpernel opens at the New Theatre in London
It happened on January 5, 1905
Thus begins a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals since. While critics at the time noted its somewhat old-fashioned melodramatic style, the audience reaction was exuberant and sustained: the play ran for hundreds of performances and laid the fou
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