Book description
Rudolf Rassendyll, having heroically saved the kingdom of Ruritania
and nobly given up the hand of the beautiful Princess Flavia, has
returned to his normal life in England. But when, three years later,
Flavia, now the unhappily married Queen of Ruritania, sends him a love
letter, it is stolen by the exiled villain Rupert Hentzau. Rudolf s
former adversary has been waiting for the chance to have his revenge,
and this provides the perfect opportunity to stir up trouble.
Rudolf must return to the troubled kingdom to defeat Hentzau, where
he is embroiled once more in a world of deception, intrigue, deadly
swordfights and torn loyalties. With the stakes higher than ever, will
he pay the ultimate price?
Anthony Hope (pseudonym of Anthony Hope Hawkins) was born in London
in 1863. While practicing law, Hope also experimented with creative
writing, and he published his first novel, a political satire entitled
A Man of Mark
, at his own expense in 1890. With the publication of his most famous
novel,
The Prisoner of Zenda
, in 1894, Hope abandoned his legal career to write full-time, penning
the short story collection,
The Heart of Princess Osra
(1896), and the Zenda sequel,
Rupert of Hentzau
(1898). He died on July 8, 1933.
