Rudolf Rassendyll, a lazy younger son with the red hair of a scandal in his family tree, takes a holiday in the small kingdom of Ruritania and discovers he is the image of its king. When the monarch is drugged on the eve of his coronation, Rudolf agrees to stand in for him — against Black Michael, the dashing Rupert of Hentzau, and his own growing love for Princess Flavia.
The 1894 romance that gave the language Ruritania and launched a whole genre of swordplay in imaginary kingdoms. Download the free EPUB.