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unusual facts about Emma Orczy


Laughing Cavalier

In the Scarlet Pimpernel adventure series by Emma Orczy, The Laughing Cavalier is a prequel recounting the story of the supposed subject of the painting, who is an ancestor of her main hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney.


Jessie Pope

Pope is prominently remembered first for her pro-war poetry, but also as a representative of homefront female propagandists such as Mrs Humphry Ward, May Wedderburn Cannan, Emma Orczy, and entertainers such as Vesta Tilley.

Skin of my teeth

Skin o' My Tooth -- A book by Baroness Emma Orczy in which the phrase is a nickname of the main character, a lawyer.


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