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Anthony Hope - A Short Story Collection

Anthony Hope - A Short Story Collection

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9th February 1863 in Clapton, London.He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford. Hope trained as a lawyer and barrister and was called to the Bar by the Middle...

Anthony Hope - Six of the Best – An Introduction

Anthony Hope - Six of the Best – An Introduction

Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that...

Clairvoyants & Seances - A Short Story Collection

Clairvoyants & Seances - A Short Story Collection

Human beings are by nature very social animals. Most of us love to connect, to talk and share experiences. It’s a big world with much to do. But curiosity and grief are two situations that make some people attempt to discover more.We are all familiar...

El Prisionero De Zenda

El Prisionero De Zenda

Esta historia, trata de las aventuras de Rodolfo, que por su extraordinario parecido con el rey de Ruritania, es reclutado para remplazarlo cuando el verdadero rey cae prisionero de unos villanos, mientras este es rescatado. Author - Anthony Hope....

Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

An incriminating love-letter from the Queen of Ruritania to Rudolph Rassendyll, the hero of The Prisoner of Zenda, is intercepted by the dastardly villain Rupert of Hentzau, who is intent on causing trouble for the Royal Family. Rassendyll is forced...

Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

In the realm of classic adventure literature, few novels have achieved the enduring charm and timeless appeal of Anthony Hope's "Rupert of Hentzau." Originally published in 1898 as a sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda," this captivating tale of...

Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of the queen (Flavia)'s feelings towards him. Flavia decides that this must be the last year in which she sends to...

Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

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...

Screen Directors Guild - The Prisoner of Zenda & Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House

Screen Directors Guild - The Prisoner of Zenda & Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House

In Hollywood’s Golden Age stars were everywhere. As well as entertaining us in the local movie theatre many of them came to our home, our very own living room. Here they would perform radio versions of big-name films. Screen Directors Guild was famous...

The Chronicles of Count Antonio

The Chronicles of Count Antonio

How it fell out that Count Antonio, a man of high lineage, forsook the service of his Prince, disdained the obligation of his rank, set law at naught, and did what seemed indeed in his own eyes to be good but was held by many to be nothing other than...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

The ultimate escapist adventure story, The Prisoner of Zenda transports the listener into a bygone era, awash with swashbuckling heroism, cunning plots and courtly love. The popularity of Hope’s tale of intrigue was such that it spawned an entirely...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

Rudolf Rassendyll, a carefree young man, doing all he can to avoid settling down in life, suddenly finds himself in the centre of royal intrigue in which he must play a role that will test all of his bravery and resolve. However his biggest test comes...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

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...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

An English gentleman, Rudolf Rassendyll, finds himself in the fictional kingdom of Ruritania. By sheer coincidence, he bears a striking resemblance to the country's king, Rudolf V. On the eve of the coronation, the king is drugged and kidnapped by his...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

The hugely successful romantic adventure story which continues to thrill a century after it was written. It has all the classic ingredients - a twisting plot of betrayal and deception, love interest, great swashbuckling action and a most beguiling...

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

'We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!' cried Sapt. 'If we're caught, we'll all be killed!' So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania. But the King is now a prisoner in the Castle of Zenda. Who...

The Prisoner of Zenda (Librovox)

The Prisoner of Zenda (Librovox)

The Prisoner of Zenda tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania, a country not a thousand miles from Bavaria. There, by reason of his resemblance to the King of Ruritania he becomes involved in saving the...