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The Prisoner of Zenda

by Anthony Hope

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. 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.

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English

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English

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1894

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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two b...

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