In the title story, a young matron from a convalescent home is found dead in a quiet Maida Vale street. The Daily Telegraph ran an article headed “Murder or Suicide”...
The Nest Of The Sparrowhawk
Set in puritan Kent in 1657, the story focuses on the intrigues of Sir Marmaduke de Chevasse “as stiff a Roundhead as ever upheld my Lord Protector and his Puritanic...
A Bride Of The Plains
The story is set in Hungary and the scene is laid in a village close to the Maros.On this particular fourteenth of September it is Andor’s turn to go unwillingly into the...
The Emperor’s Candlesticks
The Emperor’s Candlesticks was first published in 1899, shortly after the author had given birth to her only son. Orczy was the aristocratic daughter of a Hungarian composer...
Lord Tony's Wife
Lord Antony Dewhurst is ‘a splendid fellow — a fine sportsman, a loyal gentleman.’ The young gallant is also Percy’s close friend and a lieutenant in the...
Castles In The Air
Short story collection.Mr. Hector Ratichon—onetime aide to Robespierre and confidant of Napoleon Bonaparte—is a rascal and rogue of the highest order. Nevertheless,...
Skin O’ My Tooth
Skin o’ My Tooth, aka Patrick Mulligan, was created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and appeared in several stories which were collected in Skin o’ My Tooth.Mulligan is an...
The Will-o’-the-wisp
The Will-o’-the-wisp was first published in 1947 during the last year of the author’s life. It is one of Orczy’s lesser known works and it has received very...
Adventures Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
The collection of short stories featuring Sir Percy Blakeney, The Scarlet Pimpernel.Set in revolutionary France in 1793, these further adventures will thrill the first time reader...
Old Hungarian Fairy Tales
Old Hungarian Fairy Tales are edited and translated from the Hungarian by Baroness Orczy.
