Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933) was an English playwright and writer, who coined the Ruritania. His father - a priest, a mother - aunt of the writer Kenneth Grahame. He graduated from Oxford. Started as a lawyer engaged in literature, essays and novels published in newspapers and magazines. This success brought him two action-packed novel - "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1894) and its sequel "Rupert of Hentzau" (1898), deserved not only popular with the general public, but also to high critical acclaim. During his life, he wrote many works that remain popular today.

«From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim» is the novel by Anthony Hope and the sequel to “The Prisoner of Zenda”, which should be read first to understand the background. The narrator of the story is Fritz von Tarlenheim who navigates us through the twists & turns as the story goes from the castle at Zenda to the king's hunting lodge to the city of Strelsau. The novel tells about the attitudes in the late 19th century for a small kingdom. Enjoy!