Anthony Hope

The Prisoner of Zenda

Swashbuckling adventure of a man impersonating a Central European king

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Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope

Hope was the creator of Ruritania, the imaginary Central European kingdom of The Prisoner of Zenda, one of the most influential adventure romances of the 1890s. His swashbuckling fiction set a template imitated by generations of popular writers.

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