A new edition of the novel that originated the genre of 'Ruritanian romances' which inspired the likes of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Dorothy L. Sayers,A key work of the late Victorian 'revival of romance',An authoritative and accessible introduction by Nicholas Daly that situates the novel in literary history, and traces its long afterlife in popular culture,Using a text based on the first edition, published by Arrowsmith in 1894,Contains a chronology of Anthony Hope and of the novel's adaptations for stage and screen