Hope, Anthony: Simon Dale. V1. 25 June 2010
 

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best 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. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.


Her name was Nell Gwyn, the notorious mistress of the rake king of England, Charles II.
But was her heart set on our young hero, Simon Dale?
Find out through the steamy haze of Restoration passion and the flash of rapiers in this exciting historical adventure/romance by the author of The Prisoner of Zenda!