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Born Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy, she was the daughter of composer Baron Felix Orczy and his wife, Countess Emma Wass.

Orczy wrote many adventure romances, among which the best known are those featuring Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel.

In London in 1894, she married Montague Maclean Barstow (d. 1942), who co-authored some of her plays and was a fellow student at the Heatherby School of Art. They had one child, John Montague Orczy-Barstow, born 25 Feb 1899; he was a writer under the name John Blakeney , the surname taken from that of his mother's most famous fictional character.

Her grandson, Michael Felix Orczy-Barstow , was a British aviator and an early computer systems analyst. He died in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1 Works

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• The Scarlet Pimpernel (play 1903, novel 1905)
• The Sin of William Jackson (play, 1906)
• The Case of Miss Elliot (collection of mysteries, 1905)
• The Elusive Pimpernel ( 1908)
• Beau Brocade (play, 1908)
• Lady Molly of Scotland Yard ( 1910)
• Castles in the Air (collection, 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke)
• Skin o' My Tooth (collection, 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu)
• Mam'zelle Guillotine ( 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F)
• Links in the Chain of Life (autobiography, 1947)
• The Uncrowned King
• A Spy of Napoleon
• The way of the Scarlet Pimpernel
• A Joyous Adventure
• Blue Eyes and Grey
• Sir Percy Hits Back
• The Celestial City
• The Honurable Jim
• The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
• The Laughing Cavalier
• Leatherface
• I Will Repay
• The Old Man in the Corner
• The Bronze Eagle
• Eldorado
• The Nest of the Sparrowhawk
• The Tangled Skein
• By the Gods Beloved
• The Emperor's Candlesticks
• Unto Cæsar
• A Son of the People
• Lord Tony's Wife
• Flower o' the Lily
• His Majesty's Well-beloved
• The First Sir Percy
• Nicolette: A Tale of Old Provence
• Sir Percy Leads the Band