Publisher's Synopsis
Anthony Hope was a prolific English novelist and playwright in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hope is now best known for the classic novel The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel set in the kingdom of Ruritania. The book starts with the King of Ruritania being drugged by his brother the night before his coronation. The Prisoner of Zenda has been adapted into film many times.
