Baroness Emma Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Read by Karen Savage
The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution. (Summ…
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories about Molly Robertson-Kirk, an early fictional female detective. It was written…
The Elusive Pimpernel
Read by Karen Savage
First Published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel…
El Dorado
Read by Karen Savage
El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The nove…
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock…
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, T…
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock…
The Old Man in the Corner
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man in the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detecti…
I Will Repay
Read by Annie Kirkpatrick
This is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orczy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series …
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Dramatic Reading)
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The last of the famous "Scarlet Pimpernel" books, the "Triumph" tells the story of the final confrontation between the S…
Historias de Detectives
Read by Victor Villarraza
La ficción detectivesca es un subgénero de la novela negra, y paradójicamente también su antecesor. Básic…
Lord Tony's Wife
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Another adventure of the Scarlet pimpernel! As the title suggests, it follows the story of Lord Tony and his wife, Yvonne. It is full of sus…
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Read by Kevin Green
When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agre…
The Laughing Cavalier; Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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The enigmatic smile of The Laughing Cavalier of Franz Hals' famous painting invites you to wonder just what mischievousness hides behind tha…
The Scarlet Pimpernel (version 3 dramatic reading)
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Baroness Emma ("Emmuska") Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungaria…
Castles in the Air
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (Septe…
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)
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In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…
The Case of Miss Elliott
Read by J. M. Smallheer
A sequel to the stories published in The Old Man in the Corner, this second book in the series includes twelve new mysterious cases that The…
Princess Mary's Gift Book
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In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…
Unravelled Knots
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Unravelled Knots is the third and final installment of the Old Man in the Corner stories by Baroness Orczy. After a break of several years,…
Unto Caesar
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"The State," he said, speaking at least as haughtily as Dea Flavia herself, "hath agreed to accept the sum of twenty aurei fo…
Pimpernel and Rosemary
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A novel in the Scarlet Pimpernel series that features Peter Blakeney, a descendant of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Peter's adventures take him to…
Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders
Read by Deon Gines
A romantic, political adventure story set in the late 1500's, during the Spanish rule over the Netherlands, in the city of Ghent. Leatherfac…
Beau Brocade
Read by Deon Gines
Beau Brocade is a historical fiction set in England in the early 1700's. The hero Beau is a wanted highwayman, who takes from the rich to h…
The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days
Read by Deon Gines
The Bronze Eagle is a romantic historical novel which takes place during the return of Napoleon and his attempt to reestablish his Empire. T…
1916: First Chapters Collection
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These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the yea…
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
Read by Deon Gines
This historical novel takes place in Kent in 1657, and focuses on a local nobleman who stops at nothing to gain wealth, and his ward who is …
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 014
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The 14th Librivox Mystery and Suspense Collection brings together Arthur Conan Doyle and Baroness Emma Orczy, Anna Katharine Green and Ambro…
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 013
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We are back with the 13th Librivox Short Mystery and Suspense Collection! Curl up with Conan Doyle, Saki, Poe and others. All stories were s…