Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 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). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, works set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.
Englænderen Rudolf Rassendyll foretager en rejse til det landet Ruritanien, hvor han på grund af sin lighed med den kommende kong Rudolf V kommer til at spille en mere aktiv rolle i landets indre anliggender end han kunne ønske. Kongen bortføres nemlig umiddelbart inden sin kroning af sin broder "Sorte Michael", der er ude efter både kronen og den smukke prinsesse Flavia.
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