El Dorado

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was a Hungarian-born British author who worked in London. She originated the character of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist of a series of historical adventure novels that includes The Scarlet Pimpernel, El Dorado, The Elusive Pimpernel, I Will Repay, and The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel.