Rupert of Hentzau: From the Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim: Sequel to the Prisoner of Zenda
1898
Rupert of Hentzau: From the Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim: Sequel to the Prisoner of Zenda
1898
Rupert of Hentzau is back, and he's never been more dangerous. The charming villain who nearly destroyed the throne of Ruritania has been banished, but his exile has only sharpened his appetite for revenge. When Queen Flavia makes the fatal mistake of writing a letter to her former love, the exiled Rudolf Rassendyll, Rupert seizes upon it as his weapon of choice. Now the queen's honor, the king's sanity, and the very stability of Ruritania hang by a thread of paper. Narrated by the loyal Fritz von Tarlenheim, who watched it all unfold the first time and now must witness the consequences of a love that never died, this sequel deepens the tragedy and raises the stakes. Rupert of Hentzau is not merely a villain; he's a mirror reflecting what happens when charm becomes cruelty and obsession becomes policy. The swashbuckling adventure of the first novel gives way to something darker, more psychologically acute. Hope delivers a tale where political intrigue and romantic despair intertwine, and no one's honor emerges untarnished.
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“...there is nothing for which I am more thankful to Almighty God than the gift of my wife's love. In storm it has been my anchor, and in clear skies my star.””
— Anthony Hope
“insignificant, may become the source of consequences that spread far and wide, and flow for years or centuries, could scarcely feel secure in reckoning that with the death of the Duke of Strelsau and the restoration of King Rudolf to liberty and his throne, there would end, for good and all, the troubles born of Black Michael's daring conspiracy.””
— Anthony Hope
“Well, I take it that when a man comes to die, love is more to him than a kingdom; it may be, if we could see truly, that it is more to him even while he lives.””
— Anthony Hope
“And the Queen of Ruritania, James?’‘Do not misunderstand me, sir. They could be secretly married”
— Anthony Hope
“Rudolf was well-nigh convinced that the man had been on his track: he would make certainty surer. The bold game was always his choice and his delight; this trait he shared with Rupert of Hentzau, and hence arose, I think, the strange secret inclination he had for his unscrupulous opponent.””
— Anthony Hope
“Helga never will admit that she is clever, yet I find she discovers from me what she wants to know, and I suspect hides successfully the small matters of which she in her wifely discretion deems I had best remain ignorant. Being thus able to manage me, she was equal to coping with the butler.””
— Anthony Hope
“What more passed between them I do not know. I think that the Queen told my wife more, but women will sometimes keep women’s secrets even from their husbands; though they love us, yet we are always in some sort the common enemy, against whom they join hands.””
— Anthony Hope
“It is only likely frauds that are detected.””
— Anthony Hope
