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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014043755X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140437553
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 753,458 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Rudolph Rassendyl's quiet life is interrupted by his unexpected and personal involvement in the affairs of Ruritania, whilst travelling through the town of Zenda, finding himself engaged in plans to rescue the imprisoned king.


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Tony Watkins is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading, and Association Editor for the forthcoming Oxford Illustrated History of Chidren's Literature. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, 29 May 2000
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I love this book so much you wouldn't believe it. I cry at the end everytime and although I've only had it for less than a month the pages are already falling out! Even if you don't like classics you will adore this-only an idiot wouldn't buy it.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Love, honour, and dastardly (but heroic!) deeds, 31 Oct 2001
By HLT (Wales, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Swash-buckling Victorian heroics, set in the tiny, imaginary, central European kingdom of Ruritania. The basis of the story is that the English hero (Rudolf Rassendyll) happens to look exactly like the king (they seem to be distant cousins) - very useful when a stand-in is needed for the latter...

These books are full of atmosphere, brave and honourable heroes, lovely princesses, noble self-sacrifice, and black-hearted betrayals. The latter are really the making of these books - Ruritania has some of the best fictional villains ever!

The text dates from 1894, and so is available freely on the web. Sample it there if you like, and then buy the book to curl up with in bed :-)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, 27 Dec 2001
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Having read both of the stories I can say that I am very impressed. They also illustrate how closely the films have stayed to the original story. I found the second story slightly dissapointing as it ends in tradgedy but it is still a gripping read. I would recommend that this book is read by everyone.
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