The Prisoner of Zenda

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1921 - Adventure stories - 307 pages
An Englishman vacationing in Rutitania, discovers he is a double of Rudolf V, shortly to be crowned king. When Rudolf is abducted by his evil half-brother, the Englishman agrees to an impersonation during the coronation. He falls in love with the Princess, but recognizing her responsibility to the throne, she refuses to leave with him.
 

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III
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V
15
VII
26
VIII
31
IX
44
XI
55
XIII
59
XX
84
XXI
86
XXII
95
XXIII
107
XXIV
107
XXVI
107
XXVIII
111
XXIX
126

XIV
71
XVI
75
XVIII
80

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Page 56 - " Well, Fritz wants you to march to the Castle with horse, foot, and artillery." " And drag the moat ? " I asked. " That would be about it," grinned Sapt ; " and we shouldn't find the King's body then." " You think it's certain he's there ? " " Very probable. Besides the fact of those three being there, the drawbridge is kept up, and no one goes in without an order from young Hentzau or Black Michael himself. We must tie Fritz up." " I'll go to Zenda," said I.
Page 107 - We were sword to sword. By blessed chance neither he nor Bersonin had been wearing their revolvers. I found them afterward, ready loaded, on the mantelpiece of the outer room; it was hard by the door, ready to their hands, but my sudden rush in had cut off access to them. Yes, we were man to man: and we began to fight, silently, sternly, and hard. Yet I remember little of it, save that the man was my match with the sword — nay, and more, for he knew more tricks than I; and that he forced me back...
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