The Prisoner of Zenda & Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope

I was challenged by a dear friend to re-read this story and give it a second chance. Well, years have past, maturity changing my opinion. I was more impressed with the movie than the book at the time. It was a movie I saw one bored Saturday afternoon when we didn’t have cable, so I checked out of the library. Sadly it ends, with them parting ways, Flavia to her Royal life and duties and Rudolf to a solitary life. Rudolf is a smart man, everything works out and Flavia who finally discovers who he really is declares her love for him even though she must marry the newly rescued King. Flavia & Rudolf fall in love an unexpected result of spending much time together, since it is expected for them to marry. Nope, he’s been kidnapped and hauled to Zenda! Now its up to the imposter to not only rescue the Ruffied Prince…now King and continue to impersonate him in the process. What makes this even more complicated is that they thought the Prince was safely tucked away sleeping off his ruffie. Simple? NOPE! The uncrowned Prince has a crush on his cousin Princess Flavia and she is crushing hard on the imposter, Rodolf thinking he is the King. So, Rodolf is pushed into taking the Prince’s place and gets crowned King. I mean really who wouldn’t ? What happens? Well long story short he drank too much and was Ruffied ! The rest of the party goers can’t wake him up as it happens one of them happens to look a lot like him.

So this young Prince is going to get crowned, what does he do? He goes out and parties the night before. There is more to the description above than what the above explains.

The Prisoner of Zenda By:Anthony Hope Narrated by: James Wilby File Size: 310 KB, Print Length: 178, audio: 5 hrs and 31 mins The Prisoner of Zenda is the story of an Englishman who travels to the small European state of Ruritania where he impersonates the ruler and falls in love with Princess Flavia.

The Prisoner of Zenda & Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope