Which is a good novel to read by Anthony Hope?

Question

Besides “Prisoner of Zenda”, of course.

I have read the sequel to "Prisoner of Zenda". What I'm looking for is another good book by this author.

Answer 1

Sorry, I don't think you'll find that any of his other novels live up to The Prisoner of Zenda. The prequel The Heart of Princess Osra is really a collection of linked short stories, interesting only for the background they give to the other two Zenda novels you have already read.

You might want to dabble in books written by some of his imitators. Probably the best are the Graustark novels of George Barr McCutcheon, set in the Ruritania-like fictional country of Graustark. Novels of royal intrigue and romance, like Prisoner, they were bestsellers in the early 1900s. The first four are available online through Gutenberg, but you can also find them in used/rare bookstores: Graustark (1901), Beverly of Graustark (1904), Truxton King (1909), and The Prince of Graustark (1914). There are over 800 copies of one or the other of these available from dealers listed in abebooks.com, with prices ranging from $1.00 to $1000.00, the latter of which is a first edition with two letters from the author included.

When I was reading such books a good many years ago, I preferred The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (sp?), and as I remember there are quite a few sequels to that one.

Wish I could be more helpful. Good luck!

Answer 2

If you liked "Prisoner of Zenda", did you read "Rupert of Hentzau"? Its the sequel.

You can read it online right here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/rprhn10.txt


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