The Noble Rogue

Baroness Emma ("Emmuska") Orczy, born Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy on September 23, 1865, in Tarnaörs, Hungary, was a distinguished author and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Coming from an aristocratic family that later faced financial difficulties, Orczy moved to London where she attended the West London School of Art and later the Heatherley School of ...