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The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau
The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau Author:Anthony Hope With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. InThe Prisoner of Zenda, Rudolf Rassendyll's close resemblance to the King of Ruritania leads him into intrigue, romance and perilous escapades. Enmeshed in a plot by the villainous Duke of Strelsau to depose the ... more »King, Rudolf is entranced by the beautiful Princess Flavia, and finds that both his life and his honor are imperiled.
The sequel, Rupert of Hentzau, relates how Rupert (who was the Duke of Strelsau henchman) seeks to ruin Flavia's reputation and wreak vengeance on Rudolf. Events accelerate to a dramatically violent climax. Both these swashbuckling novels offer the appeal of romantic adventure in a land now legendary.« less