The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi, known professionally as Baroness Emmuska Orczy or simply Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright, and artist of noble origin. She is most famously celebrated for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, an archetype of the masked avenger and precursor to the superhero ge...