Anthony Hope

Broschiertes Buch

The Prisoner of Zenda & Its Sequel Rupert of Hentzau

Beschreibung

Two famous novels of high adventure in one volume Life for the young, blue-blooded Rupert Rassendyll is a round of carefree entertainments. Meanwhile in the central European state of Ruretania things are not going well. Political intrigue threatens to usurp the soon to be crowned dissolute playboy, Prince Rudolf. The aristocracy support Rudolf, but a pretender-Rudolf's half brother Michael-is waiting in the wings to take the throne by ensuring there are no other living claimants. Rassendyll-as a result of a dubious bloodline-bears a striking resemblance to Prince Rudolf. The Royalists persuade him to join their cause and so begins a dangerous and heart-stopping adventure of switched identities, assassination and love as each party attempts to outwit and eliminate the other. The villainous Rupert of Hentzau is determined to put an end to Rassendyll and it is his name that titles the sequel to the first of these well-beloved tale of daring and flashing blades which romps on for a generous second episode.

Autor

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, particularly of adventure stories, yet he is best known for only two works: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These writings, considered "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional kingdom of Ruritania and gave rise to the Ruritanian romance genre, which includes books set in fictional European places comparable to the novels. Zenda has inspired numerous adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood film of the same name and the 1952 remake. Hope attended St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College, and Balliol College, Oxford. In an intellectually distinguished career at Oxford, he earned first-class honours in Classical Moderations (Literis Graecis et Latinis) in 1882 and Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1885. Hope studied law and became a barrister in 1887, when the Middle Temple called him to the Bar. He studied under the future Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, who saw him as a potential barrister but was disillusioned by his decision to pursue a career in writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LEONAUR
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9781846777073
• ISBN-10: 1846777070
• Artikelnr.: 26836272