Unravelled Knots (Paperback), Orczy Emmuska Baroness, Orczy Baroness Emma

Автор: Baroness Orczy
Название: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ISBN: 0241341337 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241341339
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Описание: 'Every step the Scarlet Pimpernel takes on French soil is fraught with danger'The French Terror is raging, and few are safe from the threat of the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney, a foppish Englishman, decides to rescue imprisoned aristocrats before they can be executed. Showing great daring and aided by a band of brave comrades, he disguises himself as the formidable Scarlet Pimpernel.

But will his beautiful French wife Marguerite unwittingly prove his downfall? Baroness Orczy's swashbuckling 1905 novel set the standard for all future tales of masked avengers and was later adapted into a famous stage play and several film versions. The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

Автор: Orczy (Emmuska Orczy) Baroness
Название: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ISBN: 9353429110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353429119
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Автор: Orczy Baroness Emmuska
Название: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (Esprios Classics)
ISBN: 1715583213 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781715583217
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Описание: Baroness Emma Magdolna Roz lia M ria Jozefa Borb la "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci (1865 - 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels about an English aristocrat, Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., who rescued French aristocrats from the French Revolution: The Scarlet Pimpernel. Orczy wrote over a dozen sequels featuring Sir Percy Blakeney, his family, and the other members of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, of which the first, I Will Repay (1906), was the most popular. She also wrote popular mystery fiction and many adventure romances. Her Lady Molly of Scotland Yard was an early example of a female detective as the main character. Orczy was a founding member of the Detection Club (1930).

Автор: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Orczy
Название: The elusive pimpernel
ISBN: 1618958577 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618958570
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Описание: The Elusive Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the "disguised superhero" tales such as Zorro.

Автор: Orczy Emmuska Baroness
Название: Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders
ISBN: 1975867211 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781975867218
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