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The Prisoner of Zenda

by Anthony Hope, Gary Hoppenstand, Diane Mowat, Alan Marks, Francesc Ràfols, Andrew Pugsley, Summer M. Hogan, Summer Hogan, Smidgen Press, Charles Dana Gibson, Daniel Lanza Barba, Javier Fornell Fernandez, Stephen Colbourn, Katy Jackson, James Wilby, Robinson, M. · 1894

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An adventure novel, originally published in 1894, set in the fictitious European Kingdom of Ruritania. An English tourist is persuaded to impersonate the new king after he is abducted before he can be crowned. This act draws upon him the wrath of the Prince who has had the king abducted and his partner in crime the villainous Rupert of Hentzau.

FictionAdventureFiction, action & adventureRuritania (imaginary place), fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Children's fictionAdventure and adventurers, fictionBritishImpostors and impostureEnglish Adventure storiesClassic LiteratureForeign countries