Orczy

American  

[awrt-see] / ˈɔrt si /

noun

1. Emmuska Baroness, 1865–1947, English novelist, born in Hungary.

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Orczy British  

/ ˈɔːtsɪ /

noun

1. Baroness Emmuska (ˈɛmʊʃkə). 1865–1947, British novelist, born in Hungary; author of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)

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Example Sentences

She and four other female authors—Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Baroness Orczy and Ngaio Marsh—team up and dub themselves the Queens of Crime.

From The Wall Street Journal

I was dubbed the Black Pimpernel, a somewhat derogatory adaptation of Baroness Orczy’s fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, who daringly evaded capture during the French Revolution.

From Literature

Orczy's 1905 bestseller was followed by other Pimpernel titles, none quite so wonderfully ridiculous, overheated or successful as the original.

From The Guardian

In the early 20th century Baroness Orczy created Sir Percy Blakeney, the British aristocrat who, as that intrepid master of disguise the Scarlet Pimpernel, whisked noble folk away from the guillotine during the French revolution.

From The Guardian

During this time negotiations were entered into between Baron Bodog Orczy and myself for the production of an opera composed by the Baron on a Hungarian subject, and entitled The Renegade; in Italian Il Rinnegato.

From Project Gutenberg