Lying in bed last night, reading the last few pages of this book it seemed so clearly related to A Princess of Mars and at least two other books I've munched down recently. I don't remember seeing one of the several film versions of this, though that's not saying much, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence and all that. Getting myself a library card for the first time in years has enabled me to binge on lightweight adventures it seems. Yet Flavia is very beautiful and charming woman.more A Problem which is very much not resolvable but is love the only thing, is there something more important.Such as duty to your adoring people. In the meantime the Englishman, begins to love Princess Flavia and she, him. There is but a little problem, tomorrow the coronation! Everyone will be there, no king no kingdom he must be present.No worry, Mr.Rassendyll can impersonate his royal cousin, his close supporters hope, it's not going to be easy, fooling Michael, Flavia, the King's future bride and the rest, until the monarch is rescued. Rudolf becomes the Prisoner of Zenda, a impregnable castle fortress, no way to escape either. when the monarch was left alone, assisted greatly by Rupert, his loyal henchman he thinks.wrongly. His ambitious brother immediately kidnaps the unconscious King, secretly. The commoner is more prudent, staying in his chair miraculously, somehow. Bringing the unknown relative to his nearby hunting lodge, his majesty, gives him what else, wine, numerous toasts follow, to this and that, anything will do and before long, slips under the table (a drugged wine bottle from Michael also, seems a little redundant). This man hates King Rudolf, believing, he deserves the throne, not the alcoholic, lazy brother. the amused monarch has a big laugh, so do the others and makes plans to trick his older, half brother by a morganatic marriage ( unequal social rank, no titles inherited by the "inferior") Black Michael, a nickname which describes his character perfectly. Can you imagine the King while hunting with a royal entourage, discovers the visitor, with that face.his own. The traveler decides unwisely to explore an interesting Ruritanian forest on foot, he's in no hurry, has all the time in the world, not a surprise getting sleepy and lies down, falls quickly into a deep slumber, the dreams men have aren't always pleasant. the cause of this embarrassing connection). Rudolf is curious to see his distant cousin and look- alike, Rudolf the Fifth ( a century old family affair. Set in the 1890's, a new king, is to be crowned, in this remote Eastern European nation. The traveler decides unwisely to explore an interesting Ruritanian forest on foot, he's i Rudolf Rassendyll an Englishman, takes a vacation to Ruritania don't look on a map to find it, you won't. Rudolf Rassendyll an Englishman, takes a vacation to Ruritania don't look on a map to find it, you won't. The popularity of the novels inspired the Ruritanian romance genre of literature, film, and theatre that features stories set in a fictional country, usually in Central Europe and Eastern Europe, such as Ruritania, the Central European realm that named the genre, which includes the Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon. The name of the villain in The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau, is the title of the sequel novel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898), published four years later, and is included in some editions of The Prisoner of Zenda. 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. 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 resemble 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. 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.