{{short description|1937 novel by Baroness Orczy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Divine Folly | title_orig = | translator = | image = Thedivinefolly1937.jpg | image_size = | caption = First edition cover | author = Baroness Orczy | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = Historical novel | publisher = Hodder & Stoughton | release_date = 1937 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = <!-- Preceding novel in series --> | followed_by = <!-- Following novel in series --> }}

'''''The Divine Folly''''' is a novel by Baroness Orczy, creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCay |first=Adam |date=December 12, 1937 |title=Baroness Orczy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-baroness-orczy/164551232/ |access-date=February 2, 2025 |work=The Sun |pages=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Plot introduction== Two English brothers travel across Europe as members of a secret society that is plotting the assassination of Napoleon III.

== References == {{Reflist}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Divine Folly, The}} Category:1937 British novels Category:Historical novels Category:Novels by Baroness Orczy Category:Hodder & Stoughton books Category:Cultural depictions of Napoleon III Category:1937 in Hungary Category:1937 novels Category:20th-century Hungarian novels

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