The Prisoner of Zenda (Popular Penguins Crime)
Author(s): Anthony Hope
The hero of this classic swashbuckling romance, English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll, is transported from a comfortable life in London to extraordinary adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land. Rassendyll bears an uncanny resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg, who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania; and when Elphberg's rival, the villainous Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power, Rassendyll impersonates the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability.
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Anthony Hope is the pseudonym of Anthony Hope Hawkins. He published his first novel, a political satire titled A Man of Mark in 1890. With the publication of his most famous novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1894, Hope abandoned his legal career to write full-time, penning the short story collection, The Heart of Princess Osra (1896), and the Zenda sequel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898). Hope published a wide variety of fiction, in areas ranging from the light domestic comedy of The Dolly Dialogues (1894) to the more serious fiction of Simon Dole (1889).
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 01 May 2013
- : 181mm X 111mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 May 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Anthony Hope
- : Paperback
- : 713