The novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" is one of the most famous classic novels in English literature. Its events take place in a fictional country called Ruritaria, and it depicts the struggle over rule there, and its impact on people's lives and on the fate of the kingdom and its people. This novel was turned into several cinematic films, It is also considered one of the educational novels that is included in the educational curricula in English literature classes in a number of countries, including Egypt and other Arab countries.
As for its author, known as "Anthony Hope," who used to sign his works, a famous British novelist, whose real name is Anthony Hope Hawkins. He was born in 1863 AD and died in 1933. He was known for his novel: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894 AD) and its sequel, or the second part of it, under the name "Robert "The Hentzoi" (1898 AD)... The Prisoner of Zenda opened the door to the emergence of a genre of stories known as the Ruritanian romance, and Zenda also inspired many works of fiction and cinema.