But don't get me started on Rupert of Hentzau. If you like classic adventure stories or enjoy novels set in fictional European principalities, this one may be for you. But how will he tell her that he's not the Rudolf she thinks he is, and what will happen if he can't rescue the royal prisoner from Zenda? Find out in this 1894 bestseller. Considering that he's fallen head over heals in love with the kings prospective wife, not all of these duties are particularly burdensome for him. It's even more convenient after the king is kidnapped by his scheming half-brother Michael, and Rudolf is forced to play king while plotting his rescue. Which comes in handy when said prince is drugged the day of his coronation as king, and Rudolf has to fill in. But he never realized how much until he travels there himself and meets the crown prince (conveniently also named Rudolf). Rudolf Rassendyll, like many of his forefathers, is living proof of the infidelity of one ancestor's wife with a prince of Ruritania, a small Central European kingdom. If identical strangers, random European kingdoms, scheming relatives, and political intrigue sounds like a plot you've heard before, that's because The Prisoner of Zenda is the mother of all political adventure novels.
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