High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Baroness Emma Magdolna Roz lia M ria Jozefa Borb la "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi ( /ˈɔrtsiː/; 23 September 1865 - 12 November 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.