Books by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Baroness Emmuska Orczy found fame with her classic 1903 play The Scarlet Pimpernel. However, she was also a prolific and popular writer of short fiction. 'The Mysterious Death on the Undergound Railway' is arguably her most timeless tale. Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel.The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel.

It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrespectfully of his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri. Déroulède had not intended to get into the quarrel but had a tendency to blunder into things - "no doubt a part of the inheritance bequeathed to him by his bourgeois ancestry."I Will Repay is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel.