Adventure

The Prisoner of Zenda

by Anthony Hope

An idle Englishman on holiday in the little kingdom of Ruritania discovers he is the exact double of its king, just as the king is drugged on the eve of his coronation. Duty, disguise and a doomed romance follow, at the point of a sword. It invented a whole country, and gave the language a word for imaginary little kingdoms.

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Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 3 hr 35 min

Where to find it

The secret bookcase in the west wing

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #95. In the public domain in the United States.