ORCZY, Baroness

ORCZY, Baroness
   Working name of Hungarian-born UK author and illustrator Baroness Emmuska (variously Emma or Emulka) Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy (1865-1947). After magazine work as an illustrator, she came to fame with The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905). Her sf novel, By the Gods Beloved (1905; vt The Gates of Kamt 1907 US), is a LOST-WORLD tale set in the desert, where ancient Egyptians engage in sexual intrigues and politics.
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  • Orczy —   [englisch ɔːtsɪ, ungarisch ortsi], Emmuska Baroness, englische Schriftstellerin ungarischer Herkunft, * Tarnaörs (bei Erlau) 23. 9. 1865, ✝ London 12. 11. 1947; wurde bekannt mit ihrem während der Französischen Revolution spielenden… …   Universal-Lexikon

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