Comedies of Courtship

Anthony Hope, born Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins on February 9, 1863, was an English novelist and playwright famed for his works of adventure and romance, set against European political backdrops. Perhaps best known for 'The Prisoner of Zenda' (1894) and its sequel 'Rupert of Hentzau' (1898), Hope's literary prowess extended beyond the Ruritanian romance, a genre he inadvertently established with these...