(Although I probably would have had to change all the names of places to keep from being sued.) It was, of course, to be titled The Prisoner of Zehnders. I even started to write a screenplay of my own, set in Frankenmuth, Michigan - which has a yearly Bavarian festival and a world famous restaurant called. It has been used many many times on television, including episodes of Dr. The plot - of a hero who must impersonate a kidnapped king - has been used again and again: in movies like The Great Race, Moon Over Parador and Dave. (There were at least six Hollywood versions, three silent, three talkie.) I also have a time travel military sf book called The Zenda Vendetta, in which time-travelling terrorists assassinate the hero and screw up the timeline, so time-travelling commandos have to go back and see the story happens as it is supposed to. Somewhere I think I have a VHS tape of the 1978 version with Peter Sellers. Of the movies I own the 1922, 19 versions. Also, a copy of the sequel, Rupert of Hentzau (with Gibson illustrations). I own several copies of the book - an early edition with the original Charles Dana Gibson illustrations, as well as more modern ones. It is a classic "cloak-and-sword" swashbuckler: where intrigue features as much as action, and therefore, though it is set in a time with guns, the heroes and villains fall back on swords because they are quieter. The Prisoner of Zenda was published in 1894, and has been reprinted and adapted and refreshed and redone countless times.
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