The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope (1863-1933)

Original en 53525 words First published 1894 United Kingdom

Anthony Hope's 1894 romance of Ruritania — the novel that launched a genre and a thousand imitators. English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll, in the country for a coronation, discovers an uncanny family resemblance to the new king — who is drugged by his treacherous half-brother on the eve of the ceremony. Rassendyll must impersonate the king, foil the villains, and pretend not to fall in love with the princess he is deceiving. Swashbuckling, honour and doomed love in perfect proportion: the definitive romantic adventure.

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The Prisoner of Zenda

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