The Prisoner of Zenda. Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman.

HOPE, Anthony.

Item Number: 118040

London: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1894.

First edition, third state of Hope’s adventure novel with 6 titles on the verso of the title and this title listed in the ads at the rear. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, illustrated. In very good condition.

Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda follows the story of the King of Ruritania, who is drugged on the eve of his coronation and resorts to persuading an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania to act as a political decoy so that he may retain the crown. The novel has been adapted many times, mainly for film but also stage, musical, operetta, radio, and television.