Hawkins, Anthony Hope

Anthony Hope (1863-), an English novelist. He was born in London and received his education at Oxford. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He practiced until 1894. In that year he published The Prisoner of Zenda, over the pseudonym of Anthony Hope. It was a striking literary success. It is a romance as thrilling as a medieval tale of knight errantry, but is presented in a nineteenth century environment. The plot hinges upon the resemblance between a young Englishman and the king of an imaginary state of South Germany. Other writings of Anthony Hope's are The Dolly Dialogues, Double Harness, Heart of Princess Osra, Rupert of Henzau, which is a sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda, and Sophy of Kravonia.