St. Ives
by Robert Louis Stevenson | 
Rupert of Hentzau
by Anthony Hope | 
Catriona
by Robert Louis Stevenson | 
Kenilworth
by Walter Scott | 
The Prairie
by James Fenimore Cooper |
The Trumpet-Major
by Thomas Hardy | 
The Master of Ballantrae
by Robert Louis Stevenson | 
Westward Ho!
by Charles Kingsley | 
Two on a Tower
by Thomas Hardy | 
Guy Mannering
by Walter Scott | 
The Four Feathers
by A. E. W. Mason | 
Allan Quatermain
by H. Rider Haggard |
The History of Henry Esmond
by William Makepeace Thackeray | 
Desperate Remedies
by Thomas Hardy | 
Moonfleet
by John Meade Falkner | 
Ayesha
by H. Rider Haggard |
Green Mansions
by W. H. Hudson | 
The Mark of Zorro
by Johnston McCulley | 
Tarzan and the Ant Men
by Edgar Rice Burroughs | 
Froth on the Daydream
by Boris Vian |
Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability. Rassendyll endures a trial of strength in his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia. Five times filmed, The Prisoner of Zenda has been deservedly popular as a classic of romance and adventure since its publication in 1894.