The Laughing Cavalier (novel) of Sir Percy Blakeney, known to history as the Scarlet Pimpernel." EMMUSKA ORCZY <br>Haarlem, 1913 The Laughing Cavalier (novel) The Laughing Cavalier is a 1913 adventure novel by Baroness Orczy, which revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of Orczy's famous character, the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story takes place in Holland in 1623/1624 and is partly inspired by Frans Hals' painting "The Laughing Cavalier": in the novel, Blake is Frans Hals' adopted son and the man who poses for the painting of the Laughing Cavalier. The sequel to this book, continuing the story of Percy Blake, is "The
Cardinals created by Benedict XV Austrian Cardinal Andreas Frühwirth, who was made a cardinal at the preceding consistory, received his red hat from Pius a few days earlier. In deference to wartime conditions, Benedict created Adolph Bertram a cardinal "in pectore", that is, without his name being announced. Bertram's Polish homeland was fighting alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary against Italy and its allies. Benedict created six cardinals on 15 December 1919, three Italians, two Poles, and one Spaniard. All attended but Juan Soldevilla y Romero, Archbishop of Zaragoza, who received his red hat from King Alfonso XIII of Spain on 25 December. Bertram, created a cardinal