El Prisionero de Zenda / the Prisoner of Zenda

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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Mar 14, 2017 - Fiction - 228 pages
El prisionero de Zenda, el gran clásico de la novela de capa y espada, en una cuidada edición especial con introducción de Arturo PérezReverte.Rudolf Rassendyll es un joven y adinerado noble que vive apaciblemente en Inglaterra sin otra preocupación que su propio entretenimiento. Cuando decide viajar al reino de Ruritania para asistir a la coronación del rey Rudolf V, poco sospecha que se enfrentará a un reto mayor del que jamás hubiese podido soñar.El futuro monarca es secuestrado la víspera de la ceremonia por su hermano, el duque Michael, señor de Zenda y segundo en la línea de sucesión, y el joven Rassendyll, que guarda con Rudolf V un asombroso parecido, deberá ponerse en su piel para evitar que pierda el derecho al trono. De la noche a la mañana, se convertirá en el soberano de todo un país, en el prometido de la hermosa princesa Flavia y en la única persona capaz de devolver al legítimo rey su corona.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONSir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (1863 -1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony.

Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum.

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«Una aventura apasionante, un folletín a la antigua, en el mejor sentido del término, que no puede dejar de leerse con una sonrisa agradecida y cómplice.»
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About the author (2017)

Novelist Anthony Hope-Hawkins was born in London, England on February 9, 1863. After attending Marlborough College and Balliol College, he became a lawyer and wrote short stories. The Prisoner of Zenda, his best-known work, was published in 1894. Due to the book's success, he became a full-time writer. During World War I, he worked for the Ministry of Information to counteract German propaganda. He was knighted for his efforts in 1918. He died of throat cancer in Surrey, England on July 8, 1933. Anthony Hope Hawkins fue un escritor británico célebre por sus novelas de aventuras entre las cuales las más reconocidas son, El prisionero de Zenda y Rupert de Hentzau; las cuales son "clásicos menores" de la literatura inglesa

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