Anthony Hope The prisoner of zenda

• A new edition of the novel that originated the genre of ‘Ruritanian romances’ which inspired the likes of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Dorothy L. Sayers
• A key work of the late Victorian ‘revival of romance’
• An authoritative and accessible introduction by Nicholas Daly that situates the novel in literary history, and traces its long afterlife in popular culture
• Using a text based on the first edition, published by Arrowsmith in 1894
• Contains a chronology of Anthony Hope and of the novel’s adaptations for stage and screen

New to this Edition:

• New introduction and explanatory notes by Nicholas Daly.