The Turbulent Duchess

Baroness Emma Orczy, born Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy on September 23, 1865, in Tarnaörs, Hungary, was an illustrious author best known for her classic adventure tale 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' (1905). Orczy moved to England with her family in 1880, where she later studied art at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Royal Academy of Arts, an influence that often permeated h...