Anthony Hope

Writer, born in London, UK. He studied at Oxford, and in 1887 was called to the bar; but after the success of his ‘Ruritanian’ romance The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) he turned entirely to writing. He was knighted in 1918.

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, (February 9, 1863 – July 8, 1933) was a British novelist, born in London, and best remembered today for his short novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), set in the fictional kingdom of Ruritania, a prequel The Heart of Princess Osra (a collection of short stories set in 18C Ruritania) (1896) and a sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). His first novel was A Man of Mark (1890), and one of his most well-known works during his lifetime was The Dolly Dialogues (1894), published in the Westminster Gazette.

After being educated at Marlborough College and Balliol College (where he was President of the Oxford Union), he trained as a lawyer and barrister, being called to the Bar in 1877.