Description: [VICTORIAN LITERATURE, ANTHONY HOPE] HOPE, Anthony (Author) "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA" Bristol. J.W. Arrowsmith. ND (1894). First Edition (third state w/ 6 titles on verso of title page & this title listed in rear ads). Octavo (5.0 in x 7.5 in) Original purple cloth. Two cracks to spine as shown. Hinges sound and serviceable. Contents clean. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Ink to pastedown and FFEP. Overall, very good or better. 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. A sequel, Rupert of Hentzau, was published in 1898 and is included in some editions of The Prisoner of Zenda. The popularity of the novels inspired the Ruritanian romance genre of literature, film, and theatre that features stories set in a fictional country, usually in Central or Eastern Europe, for example Graustark from the novels of George Barr McCutcheon, and the neighboring countries of Syldavia and Borduria in the Tintin comics.Please email any questions -
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Year Printed: 1894
Topic: Literature
Original/Facsimile: Original
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
