Pimpernel And Rosemary

by Baroness Orczy

Overview

Baroness Emmuska Orczy wrote a book titled ''Pimpernel and Rosemary'', which was first released in 1924. After the First World War, it takes place, and Peter Blakeney, a Scarlet Pimpernel ancestor, appears in it (Percy Blakeney). Because most of the action takes place among the dissatisfied nobles of Hungary in Transylvania, Orczy is able to draw on her understanding of Hungarian politics and history. The plot revolves around the Scarlet Pimpernel, a dashing hero and elusive master of disguise who saves French aristocrats and smuggles them out of France to safety during the French Revolution, is actually the protagonist of the book, who poses as a posh English aristocrat. But, who is the protagonist? How will the story take around this main character? To know about the main character, readers should read this novel!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789357485074
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	03/23/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	915 KB

About the Author

Baroness Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnaors, Hungary in 1865. She was a notable artist, playwright and author. Her father Baron Felix Orczy was a composer and mother Countess Emma Orczy. Due to a peasant revolt her family fled to Brussels then Paris and lastly to London. With her sister Emma studied in convent schools in Brussels and Paris. She learned music and paintings but gained success in paintings at the West London School of Art and at Heartherley. In collaboration with her husband Montague Barstow, Baroness Hungarian fairy tales and began writing romance and fiction. She was appreciated for the translation of Old Hungarian Fairy Tales. Her first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks faced rejection for being too short. But her second novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' proved a boon for him, she earned name and fame. As a prominent author she wrote dozens of romantic novels, plays and detective stories. Her memorable works-The Man in Grey, The Laughing Cavalier, Skin O' My Tooth, Eldorado- a sequel to the Scarlet Pimpernel, The Old Man in the Corner, The Divine Folly, The Old Scare Crow, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard etc. She was died in London in 1947.