The King’s brother, Duke Michael, wants to take over the throne. While in Ruritania for the Coronation of King Rudolf the Fifth, Rassendyll gets involved in a plot to overthrow the King. Rassendyll looks exactly like the King of Ruritania, King Rudolf the Fifth. Set in an imaginary country named Ruritania, it is about a rich and handsome young man named Rudolf Rassendyll. The Prisoner of Zenda is a story of adventure and romance. Rudolf succeeds in saving the king but must leave Ruritania and never to see Princess Flavia again. Rudolf struggles between desire and duty, and finally resolves to put honour above love. Unfortunately Rudolf has fallen in love with Princess Flavia, the fiancée of King Rudolf V. Duke Michael later kidnaps the King, and Rudolf must help to rescue the King from certain death. An unexpected event forces him to disguise himself as the King. During this visit, the people are preparing for the coronation of King Rudolf V. This novel is about the romantic adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, a brave English gentleman, whose innocent visit to Ruritania ends in heartbreak and misery for him.
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