The Prisoner of Zenda

by Hope, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780486497716
• ISBN10: 0486497712
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-05-22
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Generations of readers have thrilled to this swashbuckling novel's tale of mistaken identity, court intrigue, a star-crossed romance, and a daring rescue. When an evil prince plots to steal the Ruritanian throne and kidnaps his elder brother, a look-alike is persuaded to stand in for the rightful king. English nobleman Rudolph Rassendyll must successfully impersonate the monarch, assist in the prisoner's liberation from the Castle of Zenda — and come to terms with his growing attraction to Princess Flavia, the king's betrothed, who remains unaware of his true identity.
A favorite of adventure lovers of all ages, Anthony Hope's gripping story spawned legions of imitations and inspired the literary genre known as the Ruritanian romance. Repeatedly adapted for stage and screen, this classic continues to enchant audiences with its tales of derring-do.

Table of Contents

I. The Rassendylls--with a Word on the Elphbergs

II. Concerning the Colour of Men's Hair

III. A Merry Evening with a Distant Relative

IV. The King Keeps His Appointment

V. The Adventures of an Understudy

VI. The Secret of a Cellar

VII. His Majesty Sleeps in Strelsau

VIII. A Fair Cousin and a Dark Brother

IX. A New Use for a Tea Table

X. A Great Chance for a Villain

XI. Hunting a Very Big Boar

XII. I Receive a Visitor and Bait a Hook

XIII. An Improvement on Jacob's Ladder

XIV. A Night Outside the Castle

XV. I Talk With a Tempter

XVI. A Desperate Plan

XVII. Young Rupert's Midnight Diversions

XVIII. The Forcing of the Trap

XIX. Face to Face in the Forest

XX. The Prisoner and the King

XXI. If Love Were All!

XXII. Present, Past--and Future?