| The Prisoner of Zenda Contributor(s): Hope, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 153779678X ISBN-13: 9781537796789 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 6" W x 9" (0.34 lbs) 106 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 151835 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (1863 -1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name. The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel 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. |