<div> <p>This swashbuckling romance transports a droll young English gentleman from his comfortable life in London to a fast-moving adventure in a mythical country steeped in political intrigue. Rudolf Rassendyll pondering his life’s purpose sets out on a journey to the tiny European kingdom of Ruritania where he discovers that he bears a marked physical resemblance to the king. Perils and adventures ensue when he decides to impersonate the king in order to defeat a plot to dethrone him and falls deeply in love with the king’s betrothed Princess Flavia.</p> <p>With its witty hero and shrewd villains <em>The Prisoner of Zenda</em> became an instant classic when it appeared in 1894 and has been made into a film five times since.</p> </div>