The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope [Prisoner of Zenda Series #1]

by Anthony Hope

Overview

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, younger brother of the Earl of Burlesdon and a distant cousin of Rudolf V, the new King of Ruritania. King Rudolf is a hard-drinking, feckless playboy, unpopular with the common people, but supported by the aristocracy. When Rudolf is abducted and imprisoned on the order of the Duke of Streslau, Rassendyll has to impersonate the King at his coronation. There are various plots and counter-plots, with the schemings of the Duke's mistress Antoinette de Mauban, and of the villainous henchman Rupert of Hentzau, complicated by Rassendyll's romance with Princess Flavia, the King's betrothed.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014198882
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	04/05/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	527 KB

About the Author

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (1863–1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He wrote dozens of works, mostly of adventure, but is best remembered for THE PRISONER OF ZENDA. ZENDA was the prototype for the "Ruritanian Romance," an adventure set in a fictional country, usually in an obscure corner of Central or Eastern Europe.