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The Prisoner of Zenda

A British commoner is asked to substitute for his lookalike cousin, the king of a small, European country.

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  • "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. reads The prisoner of Zenda"
  • "Derek Jacobi reads from"@en
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  • "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. reads The Prisoner of Zenda"@en

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  • "Om het landje Ruritania te redden moet de Engelsman Rudolf Rassendyll de plaats innemen van de ontvoerde koning, op wie hij sprekend lijkt."
  • "A British commoner is asked to substitute for his lookalike cousin, the king of a small, European country."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is abducted on the eve of his coronation, and the protagonist, an English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation."@en
  • "Rudolf Rossendyll falls in love with Princess Flavia on his perilous mission to release the King of Zenda from his captors."
  • "When they first meet, Rudolf Rassendyll, a simple Englishman, and the king of Ruritania are both surprised to discover that they look strikingly similar. So, when the king is kidnapped by Black Michael, the biggest fiend in all of Ruritania, Rassendyll must impersonate the king in order to preserve the peace of the kingdom."@en
  • "Rudolf Rassendyll bears the name of an English duke and a remarkable resemblance to the King of Ruritania. Curious, unambitious and a consummate gentleman of leisure, Rudolf makes a secret visit to Ruritania where Rudolf V is about to be crowned. But treachery and greed are abroad in the Castle of Zenda."@en
  • "To save the kingdom, a man impersonates the kidnapped king and rescues him from the clutches of a villainous duke."
  • "'The Prisoner of Zenda' is the story of an Englishman who travels to the small European state of Ruritania where he impersonates the ruler and falls in love with the ruler's love, Princess Flavia."@en
  • "The hugely successful romantic adventure story which continues to thrill a century after it was written. It has all the classic ingredients - a twisting plot of betrayal and deception, love interest, great swashbuckling action and a most beguiling villain in Rupert of Hentzau, who captured the publics imagination and had them begging the author for a sequel. Rudolph Rassendyll visits Ruritania, with whose Royal Family he has a connection because of a scandalous sexual indiscretion in the past. When the heir apparent is kidnapped, Rudolph by virtue of his physical similarity to the new ruler, is plunged into a sequence of events in which he is crowned, then must rescue 'The Prisoner of Zenda' in order to continue the royal line and pay court to the Princess Flavia - the latter task coming very easy to him as he falls deeply in love A terrific, original tale much imitated by succeeding authors - but never bettered. Great entertainment and part of literary history!"@en
  • "Rudolph Rassendyll's life is interrupted by his unexpected and personal involvement in the affairs of Ruritania while travelling through the town of Zenda. He is shortly on the way to Streslau, the capital, where he finds himself engaged in plans to rescue the imprisoned king."@en
  • "Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman 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 agrees to impersonate the king in order to help defeat a plot to dethrone him, and falls deeply in love with the king's betrothed, Princess Flavia."@en
  • "Romantic adventure in which Rudolf Rassendyll, an Englishman who bears a striking resemblance to the ruling house of Ruritania, decided to attend the coronation. On arrival he discovers a plot against the king and is persuaded to impersonate him."@en

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  • "Derek Jacobi reads from 'The prisoner of Zenda'"
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  • "The prisoner of zenda"
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