Anthony Hope - wikipedia Anthony Hope Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins Photo of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins by Alfred Ellis & Walery ( 1863 - 02 - 09 ) 9 February 1863 Clapton, London 8 July 1933 ( 1933 - 07 - 08 ) ( aged 70 ) Walton - on - the - Hill, Surrey Nationality British Other names Anthony Hope Occupation Barrister Writer Notable work The Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hentzau Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope ( 9 February 1863 -- 8 July 1933 ), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books : The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1894 ) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau ( 1898 ). These works, `` minor classics '' of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, works set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name. Contents 1 Early career and Zenda 2 Later years 3 Bibliography 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Early career and Zenda Anthony Hope Hawkins by Zaida Ben - Yusuf, 1897 Hope was educated at St John 's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford. Hope trained as a lawyer and barrister, being called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1887. He served his pupillage under the future Liberal Prime Minister HH Asquith, who thought him a promising barrister and who was disappointed by his decision to turn to writing. Hope had time to write, as his working day was not over full during these early years and he lived with his widowed father, then vicar of St Bride 's Church, Fleet Street. Hope 's short pieces appeared in periodicals but for his first book he was forced to resort to a self - publishing press. A Man of Mark ( 1890 ) is notable primarily for its similarities to Zenda : it is set in an imaginary country, Aureataland and features political upheaval and humour. More novels and short stories followed, including Father Stafford in 1891 and the mildly successful Mr Witt 's Widow in 1892. He stood as the Liberal candidate for Wycombe in the election of 1892 but was not elected. In 1893 he wrote three novels ( Sport Royal, A Change of Air and Half - a-Hero ) and a series of sketches that first appeared in the Westminster Gazette and were collected in 1894 as The Dolly Dialogues, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Dolly was his first major literary success. A.E.W. Mason deemed these conversations `` so truly set in the London of their day that the social historian would be unwise to neglect them, '' and said that they were written with `` delicate wit ( and ) a shade of sadness. '' The idea for Hope 's tale of political intrigue, The Prisoner of Zenda, being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman, came to him at the close of 1893 as he was walking in London. Hope finished the first draft in a month and the book was in print by April. The story is set in the fictional European kingdom of ' Ruritania ', a term which has come to mean ' the novelist 's and dramatist 's locale for court romances in a modern setting. ' Zenda achieved instant success and its witty protagonist, the debonair Rudolf Rassendyll, became a well - known literary creation. The novel was praised by Mason, literary critic Andrew Lang, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The popularity of Zenda convinced Hope to give up the `` brilliant legal career ( that ) seemed to lie ahead of him '' to become a full - time writer but he `` never again achieved such complete artistic success as in this one book. '' Also in 1894, Hope produced The God in the Car, a political story. Later years Hope wrote 32 volumes of fiction over the course of his lifetime and he had a large popular following. In 1896 he published The Chronicles of Count Antonio, followed in 1897 by a tale of adventure set on a Greek island, entitled Phroso. He went on a publicity tour of the United States in late 1897, during which he impressed a New York Times reporter as being somewhat like Rudolf Rassendyll : a well - dressed Englishman with a hearty laugh, a soldierly attitude, a dry sense of humour, `` quiet, easy manners, '' and an air of shrewdness. Blue plaque in Bedford Square, London In 1898, he wrote Simon Dale, an historical novel involving actress and courtesan Nell Gwyn. Marie Tempest appeared in the dramatisation, called English Nell. One of Hope 's plays, The Adventure of Lady Ursula, was produced in 1898. This was followed by his novel The King 's Mirror ( 1899 ), which Hope considered one of his best works ; and Captain Dieppe ( 1899 ). In 1900, he published Quisanté and he was elected chairman of the committee of the Society of Authors. He wrote Tristram of Blent in 1901, The Intrusions of Peggy in 1902, and Double Harness in 1904, followed by A Servant of the Public in 1905, about the love of acting. In 1906, he produced Sophy of Kravonia, a novel in a similar vein to Zenda which was serialised in the Windsor Magazine ; Roger Lancelyn Green is especially damning of this effort. Nevertheless, the story was filmed twice, in Italy in 1916 as Sofia De Kravonia, and in the United States in 1920 as Sophy of Kravonia or, The Virgin of Paris. Both adaptations featured the actress Diana Karenne in the title role ( billed as `` Diana Kareni '' in the latter film ). In 1907, a collection of his short stories and novelettes was published under the title Tales of Two People ; as well as the novel `` Helena 's Path ''. In 1910, he wrote Second String, followed by Mrs Maxon Protests the next year. Hope wrote and co-wrote many plays and political non-fiction during the First World War, some under the auspices of the Ministry of Information. Later publications included The Secret of the Tower, and Beaumaroy Home from the Wars, in 1919 and Lucinda in 1920. Lancelyn Green asserts that Hope was `` a first - class amateur but only a second - class professional writer. Hope married Elizabeth Somerville ( 1885 / 6 -- 1946 ) in 1903 and they had two sons and a daughter. He was knighted in 1918 for his contribution to propaganda efforts during World War I. He published an autobiographical book, Memories and Notes, in 1927. Hope died of throat cancer at the age of 70 at his country home, Heath Farm at Walton - on - the - Hill in Surrey. There is a blue plaque on his house in Bedford Square, London. Bibliography A Man of Mark, 1890. Father Stafford, 1891. Mr Witt 's Widow : A Frivolous Tale, 1892. A Change of Air, 1893. Half a Hero, 1893. Sport Royal and other stories, 1893. The Dolly Dialogues, 1894. The God in the Car, 1894. The Indiscretion of the Duchess : being a story concerning two ladies, a nobleman, and a necklace, 1894. The Prisoner of Zenda : being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman, 1894. The Chronicles of Count Antonio, 1895. Comedies of Courtship, 1896. The Heart of Princess Osra, 1896. Phroso : A Romance, 1897. Rupert of Hentzau : being the sequel to a story by the same writer entitled the Prisoner of Zenda, 1898. Simon Dale, 1898. The King 's Mirror, 1899. Quisanté, 1900. Tristram of Blent : an episode in the story of an ancient house, 1901. The Intrusions of Peggy, 1902. Double Harness, 1904. A Servant of the Public, 1905. Sophy of Kravonia, 1906. Tales of Two People, 1907. The Great Miss Driver, 1908. Dialogue, 1909. Second String, 1910. Mrs Maxon Protests, 1911. The New ( German ) Testament : some texts and a commentary, 1914. Militarism, German and British, 1915. A Young Man 's Year, 1915. Why Italy is with the Allies, 1917. Captain Dieppe, 1918. Beaumaroy Home from the Wars, 1919. Lucinda, 1920. Little Tiger : A Novel, 1925. Memories and Notes, 1927. See also Assassinations in fiction Notes ^ Jump up to : Taylor 2004. ^ Jump up to : Lancelyn Green 1966, p. vii. Jump up ^ Obituary in The Times, 10 July 1933, p. 16 Jump up ^ Spender & Asquith 1932, p. 48 ^ Jump up to : `` Hope 's Biography at Online-literature.com, written by C.D. Merriman ''. Online-literature.com. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 09. Jump up ^ Lancelyn Green 1966, p. ix. Jump up ^ Oxford English Dictionary Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Lancelyn Green 1966, pp. viii, x. Jump up ^ `` Various Dramatic Topics ''. New York Times. 17 October 1897. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2008. Jump up ^ Lancelyn Green 1966, p. xi. Jump up ^ `` No. 30607 ''. The London Gazette. 2 April 1918. p. 4026. Jump up ^ `` HAWKINS, Sir Anthony Hope ( 1863 - 1933 ) a.k.a. Anthony Hope ''. English Heritage. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 09. References Lancelyn Green, Roger ( 1966 ). Introduction to Prisoner of Zenda & Rupert of Hentzau. Everyman 's Library. J.M. Dent & Sons. This six - page introduction is primarily a biography and includes a detailed bibliography of Hope 's oeuvre and of biography and criticism concerning him. Taylor, Clare L. ( 2004 ). `` Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope ( pseud. Anthony Hope ) ( 1863 -- 1933 ) ''. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi : 10.1093 / ref : odnb / 33769. Retrieved 1 February 2010. Spender, J.A ; Asquith, Cyril ( 1932 ). Life of Herbert Henry Asquith, Lord Oxford and Asquith. London : Hutchinson. OCLC 767392. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Anthony Hope Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anthony Hope Hawkins. Works by Anthony Hope at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Anthony Hope at Internet Archive Works by Anthony Hope at LibriVox ( public domain audiobooks ) Sofia De Kravonia on IMDb Sophy of Kravonia on IMDb Complete Works of Anthony Hope at Delphi Classics Anthony Hope at Library of Congress Authorities, with 142 catalogue records Anthony Hope 's The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1894 ) Books The Prisoner of Zenda The Heart of Princess Osra Rupert of Hentzau Adaptations The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1913 film ) Rupert of Hentzau ( 1915 film ) The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1922 film ) The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 film ) The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1952 film ) Rupert of Hentzau ( TV series ) The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 film ) Prisoner of Zenda ( 1988 film ) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo ( 2015 ) See also Ruritania VIAF : 12426784 LCCN : n50035272 ISNI : 0000 0001 1021 2785 GND : 11901842X SELIBR : 241786 SUDOC : 07508578X BNF : cb126134088 ( data ) BIBSYS : 90949786 NLA : 36187146 NDL : 00442734 NKC : jn20031118002 BNE : XX864477 SNAC : w6fx78ws Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Hope&oldid=796731832 '' Categories : 1863 births 1933 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 19th - century British novelists Knights Bachelor Members of the Middle Temple People educated at St John 's School, Leatherhead People from Lower Clapton Presidents of the Oxford Union 20th - century English novelists 19th - century English writers 20th - century English writers Writers from London Deaths from cancer in England Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 : Julian -- Gregorian uncertainty Use dmy dates from October 2013 Articles with hCards Articles with Project Gutenberg links Articles with Internet Archive links Articles with LibriVox links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote Wikisource Aragonés Deutsch Español Euskara فارسی Français Galego Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2017, at 18 : 48. 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Question: fictional european country anthony hope invented for prisoner of zenda
Answer: Ruritania