El prisionero de Zenda, el gran cl sico de la novela de capa y espada, en una cuidada edici n especial con introducci n de Arturo P rezReverte.Rudolf Rassendyll es un joven y adinerado noble que vive apaciblemente en Inglaterra sin otra preocupaci n que su propio entretenimiento. Cuando decide viajar al reino de Ruritania para asistir a la coronaci n del rey Rudolf V, poco sospecha que se enfrentar a un reto mayor del que jam s hubiese podido so ar.El futuro monarca es secuestrado la v spera de la ceremonia por su hermano, el duque Michael, se or de Zenda y segundo en la l nea de sucesi n, y el joven Rassendyll, que guarda con Rudolf V un asombroso parecido, deber ponerse en su piel para evitar que pierda el derecho al trono. De la noche a la ma ana, se convertir en el soberano de todo un pa s, en el prometido de la hermosa princesa Flavia y en la nica persona capaz de devolver al leg timo 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. Rese a:Una aventura apasionante, un follet n a la antigua, en el mejor sentido del t rmino, que no puede dejar de leerse con una sonrisa agradecida y c mplice.
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