A Bride of the Plains

Baroness Emmuska Orczy, born Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy on September 23, 1865, in Tarnaörs, Hungary, was a notable British novelist and playwright of Hungarian origin. Her aristocratic lineage, as the daughter of a baron, colored her perspectives and literary pursuits. Educated at the West London School of Art and later the Heatherley School of Fine Art, Orczy initially aspi...