Antony Hope’s swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability. In his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau he endures a trial of strength, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia. This edition looks at the invented world of Ruritania against the background of 1890s England, at a time of political and social uncertainty.
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