Emmuska Orczy
Emmuska Orczy was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright, best known for her historical novel "The Scarlet Pimpernel." Born in 1865, she moved to London where she found success with her adventurous tales set during the French Revolution. Orczy's work sparked a series of novels featuring her iconic hero, influencing the development of the adventure genre. Her legacy continues to captivate readers with its tales of bravery and intrigue.
Book summaries for books written by Emmuska Orczy
Quotes
They seek him here, they seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? — Is he in hell? That demmed, elusive Pimpernel.
Sink me! But 'tis a fearsome thing to feel that the lives of ninety-four men lie in the hands of one.
I am a very ordinary woman, my lord. Yet I am aware that I have a heart.
They've set a guard at the gate. I can't even get out of the house!
It is not love, it is not marriage that has killed my happiness; it is the man who, by a trick, has lured me into a mockery of both.
You are a woman, and your heart is full of wiles; there is no end to them.
To my wife, I am a lackey, a servant, a machine: my love for her is dead, and I am glad of that, for it has given life to my love for another woman.
I would sooner trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
A man's first duty is to his own safety.
Silly child! The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to someone else, if she is plain.
I suppose that is a woman's way of looking at things.