A Man of Mark

by Anthony Hope

Publisher: H. Holt and company Publication date: 1895 Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Action

94 pages, Paperback

Published December 26, 2009

About the author

Prolific English novelist and playwright Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins especially composed adventure. People remember him best only for the book The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania, spawned the genre, known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda inspired many adaptations, most notably the Hollywood movie of 1937 of the same name.

Reviews

[Keeley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The banker turned adventurer protagonist may be an early draft of Rassendyll, but he is decidedly more stupid and morally bankrupt. There are amusing moments, but not Hope's best novel. Zenda just has a much more compelling slate of characters.

[Eileen · Rating 3 out of 5]

1890. An American banker gets roped into revolution on a generic island in the Caribbean. Very light but fun to read. By the author of Prisoner of Zenda.

[Kevin Gause · Rating 5 out of 5]

Taking place in another fictional country somewhere on the north coast of South America - actually might be my favorite novel by Hoppe

[Kathy Skaggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best Anthony Hope book, but enjoyable nonetheless.

[K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

reading on phone

Interesting morality. Not like "Prisoner of Zenda" in tone or philosophy by any means. Fun story anyway, but don't rush out to get it.