First Sir Percy - Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála \Emmuska\ Orczy de Orci (23 September 1865 - 12 November 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save ill-fated French royalty from \Madame Guillotine\ during the French revolution.Introducing the notion of a \hero with a secret..