The prisoner of Zenda

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The Prisoner of Zenda, published in 1894, is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope. Before the coronation of the King of Ruritania, the monarch is drugged, and an English tourist who resembles him is persuaded to stand in for the king. What starts as a practical arrangement quickly turns hazardous after the king is kidnapped. While moving through palace tensions and schemes that threaten the stability of the court, the Englishman must keep up the royal disguise, face assassination attempts, and deal with complications involving Princess Flavia, all while working toward rescuing the real king from those holding him.