The Prisoner of Zenda, Anthony Hope
The Prisoner of Zenda, Anthony Hope
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The Prisoner of Zenda

Author: Anthony Hope

Narrator: Michael Ward

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2019


Synopsis

This rip-roaring, 19th century adventure yarn by Anthony Hope tells us the adventure of Rudolph Rassendyll, who, thanks to his bearing an uncanny likeness to his distant relative Crown Prince Rudolph of Ruritania, is forced to swap places with him in order to secure the throne from Black Michael the usurper.

What follows is a fast paced adventure, replete with daring do, romance and heroism.

Narrated by Michael Ward

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 Henry on October 25, 2023

Rudolf Rassendyll an Englishman, takes a vacation to Ruritania don't look on a map to find it, you won't. Set in the 1890's , a new king, is to be crowned, in this remote Eastern European nation. Rudolf is curious to see his distant cousin and look- alike, Rudolf the Fifth ( a century old family aff......more

Goodreads review by Baba on November 21, 2021

2021 read: Red headed, large nosed Rudolph Rassendyll (great name) has any uncanny resemblance to the adult heir to the Ruritanian throne, and by a quirk of fate is forced/agrees to impersonate him at his coronation after a failed coup! However, twists and turns result in Rudolph having to impersona......more

Goodreads review by Amit on June 26, 2019

It follows the swashbuckling adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, an Englishman who bears a striking resemblance to the king of Ruritania.......more

Goodreads review by Sanjay on December 07, 2016

It was not an interesting read, though it seemed to be at first. I started with some expectations but I soon realized I am going to be bored. Yet I kept reading; and did not stop till I finished the novel. Now, my reactions about the book are not all positive. The premise of the book, as seemed to m......more

Goodreads review by Werner on September 08, 2018

On a "raw and damp" morning in the England of 1733, according to the author's premise, a British nobleman named James Rassendyll fought a duel with a visiting prince of the House of Elphberg, the royal family of the (fictional) Central European country of Ruritania. Severely wounded, the prince retu......more