The Illustrated Prisoner of Zenda - Hope, Anthony
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When evil threatens the kingdom from within, help must rise from outside. On the eve of his coronation, Rudolf of Ruritania has been drugged and kidnapped. Without attending the coronation, his crown is forfeit, and Ruritania will be ruled by his kidnapper, unless . . . unless the king's visiting English cousin takes his place. But for Cousin Rudolf, it takes more than a doppelganger's looks to be a convincing stand-in until the king can be rescued. Will he be discovered? Schemes, swordplay, madmen, and forbidden love obstruct the path of this unlikely hero. First published in 1894, this…mehr

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When evil threatens the kingdom from within, help must rise from outside. On the eve of his coronation, Rudolf of Ruritania has been drugged and kidnapped. Without attending the coronation, his crown is forfeit, and Ruritania will be ruled by his kidnapper, unless . . . unless the king's visiting English cousin takes his place. But for Cousin Rudolf, it takes more than a doppelganger's looks to be a convincing stand-in until the king can be rescued. Will he be discovered? Schemes, swordplay, madmen, and forbidden love obstruct the path of this unlikely hero. First published in 1894, this beloved classic adventure novel has inspired over a dozen stage and screen renditions since 1895. Republished by Smidgen Press with custom illustrations, readers young and old can delight in this beautiful novel.
Autorenporträt
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (1863 - 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, works set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.