The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony.
Queen Flavia, dutifully but unhappily married to her cousin Rudolf V, writes to her true love Rudolf Rassendyll.
His partner Pirojil's ugly looks deceive people into thinking he's stupid to their sorrow in the third rollicking Guardians of the Flame book.
Jasper Detchard is a disgraced British officer, now selling his blade to the highest bidder.
A cultural history of Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda that explores its afterlife including how it was adapted for stage and screen, woven into narratives about the Cold War, and influenced children's writers such as Frances Hodgson ...
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This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.
This delightful novel is highly recommended for readers who appreciate tightly woven narratives that blend thrills with incisive social observations.