agent, and a self-styled confidant of kings and emperors during the Napoleonic era. This is a collection of short stories about Ratichon's humorous antics while assisting folks at the top of the social scale with their issues. To get a proper understanding of Ratichon's adventures, readers should go through this entertaining book! This collection of short stories by Sir Orczy attempts to compile many of his classic thoughts consolidated in a single draft and offer them at an affordable price so that everyone can read them. Castles In The Air by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a masterpiece that can take readers through a rollercoaster of interesting and curious feelings unlike other novels, this book makes no qualms in showing tragedy in its true color and spirit!
Baroness Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnaors, Hungary in 1865. She was a notable artist, playwright and author. Her father Baron Felix Orczy was a composer and mother Countess Emma Orczy. Due to a peasant revolt her family fled to Brussels then Paris and lastly to London. With her sister Emma studied in convent schools in Brussels and Paris. She learned music and paintings but gained success in paintings at the West London School of Art and at Heartherley. In collaboration with her husband Montague Barstow, Baroness Hungarian fairy tales and began writing romance and fiction. She was appreciated for the translation of Old Hungarian Fairy Tales. Her first novel, The Emperor's Candlesticks faced rejection for being too short. But her second novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' proved a boon for him, she earned name and fame. As a prominent author she wrote dozens of romantic novels, plays and detective stories. Her memorable works-The Man in Grey, The Laughing Cavalier, Skin O' My Tooth, Eldorado- a sequel to the Scarlet Pimpernel, The Old Man in the Corner, The Divine Folly, The Old Scare Crow, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard etc. She was died in London in 1947.
