<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
fictional european country anthony hope invented for prisoner of zenda
fictional european country anthony hope invented for prisoner of zenda
Ruritania
Ruritania