The Prisoner of Zenda was published in May 1894 and this fourth work brought a lot of attention to Anthony Hope.  This swashbuckling romance of courtly intrigue in Ruritania follows the adventures of the English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll when he leaves behind his comfortable life in London.  Later, it was the basis of a well-known 1930s movie starring Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll

Rupert of Henzau (from the memoirs of Fritz von Tarlenheim) was published by Anthony Hope (Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins) in 1898, four years after his more well-known novel The Prisoner of Zenda.  It is, of course, a sequel and continues the tale of Englishman Rupert Rassendyll who bears a striking resemblance to the King of Ruritania.  Rudolf is in love with the Queen, who is unhappily married and when Rupert of Hentzau intercepts a love letter intended for Rudolf he could find himself in serious trouble