Rupert of Hentzau

by Anthony HOPE (1863 - 1933)

An Audience Of The King

Rupert of Hentzau

This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of the queen (Flavia)'s feelings towards him. Flavia decides that this must be the last year in which she sends to Rudolf the single red rose that betokens her love, and therefore she also sends via Fritz von Tarlenheim, her letter of good-bye.Count Rupert of Hentzau, banished from Ruritania after the incidents of the earlier book, is plotting his return. In furtherance of his scheme he obtains both letter and rose, and plots to place them before the King. Rudolf, Fritz and Sapt must prevent this at all costs... (Summary by Andy)


Listen next episodes of Rupert of Hentzau:
A Crowd In The Konigstrasse , A King Up His Sleeve , A Pastime For Colonel Sapt , Before Them All! , For Our Love And Her Honour , The Coming Of The Dream , The Decision Of Heaven , The King In Strelsau , The King In The Hunting-Lodge , The Message Of Simon The Huntsman , The News Comes To Strelsau , The Task Of The Queen's Servants , The Temper Of Boris The Hound , The Triumph Of The King , What The Chancellor's Wife Saw , Young Rupert And The Play-Actor