The Prisoner of Zenda
by Anthony Hope
If it's your choice of a historically colorful type of action adventure, grab your hat down – you're going on a wild trip. In The Prisoner of Zenda, Antony Hope talks about the adventures that happened to the soon-to-be-crowned king of the fictional country of Ruritania in the days before his coronation. Ringing a dead bell for the king, an English tourist is called to serve as a semolina, and watches a series of increasingly dangerous scratches.