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Book The Prisoner of Zenda  Collins Classics

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda Collins Classics written by Anthony Hope and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prisoner of Zenda is a dystopian adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 3849647927
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2015 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glorious story, which cannot be too warmly recommended to all who love a tale that stirs the blood. Perhaps not the least among its many good qualities is the fact that its chivalry is of the nineteenth, not of the sixteenth century; that it is a tale of brave men and true, and of a fair woman of to-day. The Englishman who saves the king … is as interesting a knight as was Bayard…. The story holds the reader’s attention from first to last.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

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  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013-02-17
  • ISBN : 9780742610613
  • Pages : 425 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-17 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-pacedadventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with thevillainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda  Diversion Classics

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda Diversion Classics written by Anthony Hope and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauded as a canonical adventure tale, Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda does not miss an action-packed beat. Rudolf Rassendyll, an Englishman, travels to Ruritania expecting a normal vacation. But when he discovers that a very distant and nearly identical cousin is to be crowned king of Ruritania, things take a turn for the strange. His cousin, Rudolph IV, falls for a plot to take the crown and Rudolf Rassendyll must act as temporary king. What ensues is a swashbuckling adventure with just the right amount of action, romance, and mystery—an absolute must for adventure fans of all ages. Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, this Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. For more classic titles like this, visit www.diversionbooks.com/ebooks/diversion-classics

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
  • Release : 2014-05-07
  • ISBN : 9350838958
  • Pages : 86 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a King who is weak and sick. Many battles go on to either save or dethrone the king. After the end of these battles, everything comes at the right place. Thus, the Castle of Zenda becomes a witness to the great political tussle. The original flavour of these classics has been carefully retained in these abridged versions. Must be read by the youth, housewives, students and executives.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

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  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-04-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prisoner of Zenda is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

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  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-05-26
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue.Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability.Rassendyll endures a trial of strength in his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia.Five times filmed, The Prisoner of Zenda has been deservedly popular as a classic of romance and adventure since its publication in 1894.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

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  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-04-14
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Set in the fictional country of Ruritania, The Prisoner of Zenda tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, identical cousin to King Rudolf of Ruritania, who must stand in for the king at his coronation when a plot to steal the crown leaves the king drugged and unable to attend. Rudolf must foil the plans of the king's brother, Prince Michael, and when the king is kidnapped and taken to a castle in Zenda, Rudolf must overcome the plots of the prince's mistress and his henchman in order to rescue him. Anthony Hope's swashbuckling adventure is held up as his greatest work of fiction and sparked its own genre, Ruritanian romance, named after the fictional country in which the story is set.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda Illustrated

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda Illustrated written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★This Book has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability★ ◆Well Illustrated ◆One of the best Book to read ◆Well Formatted The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, rich with adventures and thrills, these immortal stories with illustrations are designed to delight young readers. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, younger brother of the Earl of Burlesdon and a distant cousin of Rudolf V, the new King of Ruritania. Rassendyll is a peace-loving English gentleman who goes to Ruritania on a secret visit The King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope Novel  World s Classics

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope Novel World s Classics written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-27 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright.[1] He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance.[2] Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda the Complete and Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda the Complete and Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition written by Anthony Hope and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This premium quality large print edition includes the complete, unabridged text of Anthony Hope's classic tale in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a generous 6" x 9" page size, this large print edition is printed on heavyweight 60# bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design, and includes footnoted annotations, added sparingly, to aid the modern reader with particularly obscure terms and usages. The Prisoner of Zenda follows the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, an honorable but idle descendant of a rumored "wrong side of the blanket" lineage resulting from a dalliance between a visiting King of Ruritania and a very married English countess. Faced with the prospect of actually commencing employment as a diplomatic attache, Rudolf plans to spend time vacationing on the continent, and decides on a visit to Ruritania. A chance encounter with the Crown Prince on the eve of his coronation as king reveals that the two, while not identical, are enough alike to fool most people. A fortunate coincidence, because political intrigue waylays the Prince, the situation demands that the coronation take place as scheduled, and Rassendyll is persuaded by the Prince's aides to stand in for the ceremony. But the deception is immediately complicated by the kidnapping of the real king by his enemies, led by his half-brother, Prince Michael, and the romantic attachment which springs up between Rassendyll and Princess Flavia, the real king's intended bride. Written with a broad, but dry, sense of humor, the story twists and turns through the maneuverings of the opposing factions, a fast-paced adventure story and poignant romance with chases, narrow escapes, duels, deceptions, and unexpected complications. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), who published during his lifetime as "Anthony Hope," was an English novelist and playwright. Called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1887, he gave up what was by all accounts a very promising legal career to pursue writing. The author of over thirty novels and several plays, he enjoyed a wide popular following in his time, but is known today primarily for only two of his books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and Rupert of Hentzau (1898), a true sequel. Sometimes identified as a "minor classic" of English literature, "The Prisoner of Zenda" received high praise from other writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and A.E.W. Mason and was a phenomenal success when published, inspiring an entire genre in adventure fiction, the "Ruritanian Romance." The high-water mark of Hope's career, the novel has been adapted for film many times, and has also been produced on the stage.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda  Large Print Edition

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda Large Print Edition written by Anthony Hope-Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This premium quality large print edition includes the complete, unabridged text of Anthony Hope's classic tale in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a generous 6" x 9" page size, this large print edition is printed on heavyweight 60# bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design, and includes footnoted annotations, added sparingly, to aid the modern reader with particularly obscure terms and usages. The Prisoner of Zenda follows the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, an honorable but idle descendant of a rumored "wrong side of the blanket" lineage resulting from a dalliance between a visiting King of Ruritania and a very married English countess. Faced with the prospect of actually commencing employment as a diplomatic attache, Rudolf plans to spend time vacationing on the continent, and decides on a visit to Ruritania. A chance encounter with the Crown Prince on the eve of his coronation as king reveals that the two, while not identical, are enough alike to fool most people. A fortunate coincidence, because political intrigue waylays the Prince, the situation demands that the coronation take place as scheduled, and Rassendyll is persuaded by the Prince's aides to stand in for the ceremony. But the deception is immediately complicated by the kidnapping of the real king by his enemies, led by his half-brother, Prince Michael, and the romantic attachment which springs up between Rassendyll and Princess Flavia, the real king's intended bride. Written with a broad, but dry, sense of humor, the story twists and turns through the maneuverings of the opposing factions, a fast-paced adventure story and poignant romance with chases, narrow escapes, duels, deceptions, and unexpected complications. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), who published during his lifetime as "Anthony Hope," was an English novelist and playwright. Called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1887, he gave up what was by all accounts a very promising legal career to pursue writing. The author of over thirty novels and several plays, he enjoyed a wide popular following in his time, but is known today primarily for only two of his books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and Rupert of Hentzau (1898), a true sequel. Sometimes identified as a "minor classic" of English literature, "The Prisoner of Zenda" received high praise from other writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and A.E.W. Mason and was a phenomenal success when published, inspiring an entire genre in adventure fiction, the "Ruritanian Romance." The high-water mark of Hope's career, the novel has been adapted for film many times, and has also been produced on the stage.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda  Annotated

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda Annotated written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prisoner of Zenda, novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. This popular late-Victorian romance relates the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman living in Ruritania who impersonates the king in order to save him from a treasonous plot. Although the story is improbable, it is saved by Hope's high-spirited and often ironic tone. The book was so successful that Hope gave up his law practice and went on to write a sequel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898).

Book The Prisoner of Zenda

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony Hope
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 2001-01-25
  • ISBN : 019161128X
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda written by Anthony Hope and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability. Rassendyll endures a trial of strength in his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia. Five times filmed, The Prisioner of Zenda has been deservedly popular as a classic of romance and adventure since its publication in 1894. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Book The Prisoner of Zenda  Illustrated

Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda Illustrated written by Anthony Hope and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hope (1863-1933) was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, but he is remembered predominantly for two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance.