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.
Da den unge englænder Gilbert Aycon sammen med en ven besøger en hertuginde et sted i nærheden af Mont Saint-Michel i Normandiet, befinder han sig i løbet af kort tid midt i en indviklet situation, hvori indgår to smukke damer i nød, en morderisk og hævngerrig hertug, samt et kostbart juvelhalsbånd. Hvilken ridderlig engelsk gentleman i slutningen af 1800-tallet kan vel lade være med at involvere sig – især ikke, da han ret hurtigt opdager at han er halvforelsket i den ene nødstedte dame, og til op over begge øren i den anden?
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