by Anthony Hope-Hawkins · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853261138
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«The Prisoner of Zenda» is the adventure and romance novel by Anthony Hope-Hawkins (Wordsworth Editions Ltd, paperback, 280 pages, in English).
Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman travelling to Ruritania, discovers an enormous resemblance to King Rudolf Elphberg. When Black Michael kidnaps the monarch to seize the throne, Rassendyll must impersonate him. Sword duels, nocturnal escapes, dungeons and love for Princess Flavia sustain this story of honour and intrigue.
Second instalment of the Ruritania Trilogy. Work originally published in 1894; this Wordsworth Classics edition is complete and unabridged.
Aimed at those who enjoy adventure classics and at young readers, due to its edition in Wordsworth's children's and young adult collection.
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was a British 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).
