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The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is abducted on the eve of his coronation, and the protagonist, an English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The villainous Rupert of Hentzau gave his name to the sequel published in 1898, which is included in some editions of this novel. The books were extremely popular and inspired a new genre of Ruritanian romance, including the Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon.

It appears there are other versions of Zenda as well, one starring Peter Sellers of all people and that might be worth a look at some time.   There is also a cartoon version, of which the only reviewer says a'utterly appalling ' so will give that one a miss, then another animated version in Story Book Classics.s  There also seems to be a film called The Prisoner of Zenda Inc starring William Shatner.i k  The mind boggles.

Last modified: 2005-06-17 by marc pasquin Keywords: book | ruritania | strackenz | Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors Ruritania See also: Royal Flash Fictional Flags in Books Fictional Flags Ruritania About flags in novels, I remember the novel The Prisoner of Zenda , Anthony Hope never described the flag of Ruritania, but then I remember the movie Royal Flash (that is a parody version of The Prisoner of Zenda) they show a flag for Strackenz (that appears in the book!) occupying the place of Ruritania. Alberto Camahueto, 20 April 1999

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