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Book Synopsis The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) By. Baroness Orczy / A Historical Novel by : Baroness Orczy
Download or read book The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) By. Baroness Orczy / A Historical Novel written by Baroness Orczy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical novel by Baroness Orczy. Written soon after the birth of her son John, it is her first book as an author rather than translator and was a commercial failure. As in the Scarlet Pimpernel, the theme is international intrigue, but this time the setting is pre-World War One Europe and Russia rather than Revolutionary France
Book Synopsis The Emperor's Candlesticks by : Baroness Orczy
Download or read book The Emperor's Candlesticks written by Baroness Orczy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci 23 September 1865 - 12 November 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save ill-fated French royalty from "Madame Guillotine" during the French revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" into popular culture. Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. During World War I, Orczy formed the Women of England's Active Service League, an unofficial organisation aimed at encouraging women to persuade men to volunteer for active service in the armed forces.
Book Synopsis The Emperor's Candlesticks by : Baroness Orczy
Download or read book The Emperor's Candlesticks written by Baroness Orczy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an espionage/thriller story by the Hungarian writer best known for ' The Scarlet Pimpernel'. The candlesticks in the title are significant as part of the plot which features Marie Antoinette. The book is an exciting tale of intrigue, espionage, and adventure with two secret agents, on opposite sides, in a race of sorts (each without knowing that the other is on a similar mission).
Book Synopsis The Emperor's Candlesticks by : Emmuska Orczy
Download or read book The Emperor's Candlesticks written by Emmuska Orczy and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emperor's Candlesticks is a historical novel by Baroness Orczy. Written soon after the birth of her son John, it is her first book as an author rather than translator and was a commercial failure. As in the Scarlet Pimpernel, the theme is international intrigue, but this time the setting is pre-World War One Europe and Russia rather than Revolutionary France. When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agreed to convey some hollow candlesticks from the Emperor to the Princess Marionoff in St Petersburg, two spies both see the possibility of using them to convey messages safely into Russia. One is an eager young idealist involved in the plot against the prince, the other is Madame Demidoff, a beautiful agent of the Tsar. When the candlesticks go missing at the border, the two engage in a race to get them back, both realizing that their very lives could depend on the retrieval.
Book Synopsis The Emperor's Candlesticks by : Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Download or read book The Emperor's Candlesticks written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Emperors Candlesticks by : Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness
Download or read book The Emperors Candlesticks written by Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is another great book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, the British-Hungarian novelist, creator of dozens of historical novels of the times of the French Revolution in the XVIII Century. She is best remembered for her main character, Sir Percy Blakeney, AKA The Scarlet Pimpernel, who rescued French aristocrats from the French Revolution:
Book Synopsis Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel by : Sally Dugan
Download or read book Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel written by Sally Dugan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel has experienced global success, not only as a novel but in theatrical and film adaptations. Sally Dugan charts the history of Baroness Orczy's elusive hero, from the novel's origins through its continuing afterlife, including postmodern appropriations of the myth. Drawing on archival research in Britain, the United States and Australia, her study shows for the first time how Orczy's nationalistic superhero was originally conceived as an anarchist Pole plotting against Tsarist Russia, rather than a counter-revolutionary Englishman. Dugan explores the unique blend of anarchy, myth and magic that emerged from the story's astonishing and complex beginnings and analyses the enduring elements of the legend. To his creator, the Pimpernel was not simply a swashbuckling hero but an English gentleman spreading English values among benighted savages. Dugan investigates the mystery of why this imperialist crusader has not only survived the decline of the meta-narratives surrounding his birth, but also continues to enthrall a multinational audience. Offering readers insights into the Pimpernel's appearances in print, in film and on the stage, Dugan provides a nuanced picture of the trope of the Scarlet Pimpernel and an explanation of the phenomenon's durability.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature by : Daniel Hahn
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature written by Daniel Hahn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most fertile periods in the history of children's books: the flowering of imaginative illustration and writing, the Harry Potter phenomenon, the rise of young adult and crossover fiction, and books that tackle extraordinarily difficult subjects. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature provides an indispensable and fascinating reference guide to the world of children's literature. Its 3,500 entries cover every genre from fairy tales to chapbooks; school stories to science fiction; comics to children's hymns. Originally published in 1983, the Companion has been comprehensively revised and updated by Daniel Hahn. Over 900 new entries bring the book right up to date. A whole generation of new authors and illustrators are showcased, with books like Dogger, The Hunger Games, and Twilight making their first appearance. There are articles on developments such as manga, fan fiction, and non-print publishing, and there is additional information on prizes and prizewinners. This accessible A to Z is the first place to look for information about the authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educationalists, and others who have influenced the development of children's literature, as well as the stories and characters at their centre. Written both to entertain and to instruct, the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to Children's Literature is a reference work that no one interested in the world of children's books should be without.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present by : George Stade
Download or read book Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present written by George Stade and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and critical information on major and lesser-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century British writers, and includes articles on key schools of literature, and genres.
Book Synopsis The Scarlet Pimpernel by : Baroness Orczy
Download or read book The Scarlet Pimpernel written by Baroness Orczy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless novel of adventure, intrigue, and romance is sparked by one man's defiance in the face of authority... The year is 1792. The French Revolution, driven to excess by its own triumph, has turned into a reign of terror. Daily, tumbrels bearing new victims to the guillotine roll over the cobbled streets of Paris.… Thus the stage is set for one of the most enthralling novels of historical adventure ever written. The mysterious figure known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, sworn to rescue helpless men, women, and children from their doom; his implacable foe, the French agent Chauvelin, relentlessly hunting him down; and lovely Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French exile married to an English lord and caught in a terrible conflict of loyalties—all play their parts in a suspenseful tale that ranges from the squalid slums of Paris to the aristocratic salons of London, from intrigue on a great English country estate to the final denouement on the cliffs of the French coast. There have been many imitations of The Scarlet Pimpernel, but none has ever equaled its superb sense of color and drama and its irresistible gift of wonderfully romantic escape. With an Introduction by Gary Hoppenstand
Book Synopsis The Emperor's Candlesticks by : Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Download or read book The Emperor's Candlesticks written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Novels in English by Women, 1891-1920 by : Janet Grimes
Download or read book Novels in English by Women, 1891-1920 written by Janet Grimes and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1981 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Writers and their Works by : Christopher Riches
Download or read book A Dictionary of Writers and their Works written by Christopher Riches and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 1431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 3,200 entries An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers. This online-exclusive new edition adds 60,000 new words, including over 50 new entries dealing with authors who have risen to prominence in the last five years, as well as fully updating the entries that currently exist. Each entry provides details of a writer's nationality and birth/death dates, followed by a listing of their titles arranged chronologically by date of publication.
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Book Synopsis Twentieth-century Romance and Historical Writers by : Lesley Henderson
Download or read book Twentieth-century Romance and Historical Writers written by Lesley Henderson and published by Saint James Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic, biographical survey of the genre. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a complete list of separately published books, and a signal critical essay. In addition, living entrants were invited to comment on their work. Series characters and locales have been indicated. Also included are notations of available bibliographies, manuscript collections, and critical studies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis The Scarlet Pimpernel by : Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Download or read book The Scarlet Pimpernel written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist- the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Book Synopsis Literary Afterlife by : Bernard A. Drew
Download or read book Literary Afterlife written by Bernard A. Drew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
