The Prisoner of Zenda

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The Prisoner of Zenda is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope. The story is about the King of Ruritania who is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. 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 resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum.