Anthony Hope

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Anthony Hope
Alias (AKA)Anthony Hope
Birth dateFebruary 09, 1863
Birth place
Lower Clapton
Date of deathJuly 08, 1933
Place of death
Surrey , Walton-on-the-Hill

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  1. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33769