Rupert of Hentzau, Anthony Hope
Rupert of Hentzau, Anthony Hope
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Rupert of Hentzau

Author: Anthony Hope

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2012

Synopsis

Anthony Hope was constrained to return to the fictional land of Ruritania by an appreciative public who wanted more swashbuckling and derring-do from the hero Rudolph and more Machiavellian moustache twirling from the suave villain Rupert. The author came up with a literary construction which ensured he would never again have to visit fictional Ruritania - but nothing he subsequently wrote appealed as much as the two Zenda stories. In the sequel it is the loyal courtier Fritz von Tarlenheim who recounts this story of a dastardly plot made upon Queen Flavia's honour, and again the Royal Elphberg line is threatened. Colonel Sapt and all the stalwarts are there, apart from the thuggish Black Michael, and good riddance to him! It's a great love story with lots of action and devious deception by both the good and the bad. Listen and enjoy a marvellous tale full of intrigue, romance and incomparable adventure. Public Domain (P)2017 Assembled Stories

About Anthony Hope

Anthony Hope (1863–1933), a thirty-year-old barrister, wrote The Prisoner of Zenda in 1893. His mythical Ruritania, with its witty hero and shrewd villains, became so popular that he gave up his law practice after the book’s publication.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terry

2.5 – 3 stars Rupert of Hentzau is an enjoyable swashbuckler, though I remember The Prisoner of Zenda being better. We rejoin the major players remaining from the first novel three years later when a new crisis threatens the queen’s honour (she’s not very bright, alas) and the dastardly rogue Rupert......more

Goodreads review by Ian

A sequel that is not as good as the original: the plot is weaker and requires a lot of behind-the-scenes explanations and jumping around the timetable to keep the subplots together. The change in narrator also doesn't help, as Fritz is not present for a good part of the events in the book and it's n......more

Goodreads review by Rhys

I bought this book in Pembroke. This detail is almost irrelevant, except that Pembroke is one of my favourite towns in West Wales and has an extremely impressive castle. But it's not really like the castles of Ruritania, which are probably more Germanic looking. I finished re-reading The Prisoner of......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

Argh. Argh. Argh. Argh. Argh. Argh. Argh. Argh. Argh. I thought the ending to The Prisoner of Zenda was frustrating and melancholy? Well, Anthony Hope doubled down on that with this book. Argh. I mean, the ending makes sense, and it's really quite fitting, but I am still greatly displeased by it. So t......more

Goodreads review by Angela

While Prisoner of Zenda was a fun adventure, this last in the trilogy is more pensive and multilayered. The relationship between the King and Queen is understandably strained after what happened because 1) the King is a weak character whose egotism turns to excessive reassurance seeking and 2) the Qu......more

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