Picture No | 10265230 |
Date | c.1947 |
Description | Baroness Orczy |
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Baroness Orczy (1865 - 1947), 'The Baroness Orczy. Died on November 12 1947, aged eighty. Playwright, novelist and creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel. She began writing in 1900, and her world-famous 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' was published in 1905. Her works include 54 historical romances. She was married to Mr. Montague Barstow, who died in 1943.'
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Source | The Illustrated London News, November 22nd 1947, page 582 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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