The Prisoner of Zenda , a popular adventure story published in 1894, relates the tale of Rudolf Rassendyll who has to impersonate a king, whom he happens to closely resemble, when the king is abducted by enemies on the eve of his coronation.
魯?shù)婪颉だ覡柲贻p富有,出生于一個歷史悠久的英國家庭,可他卻長著盧里塔尼亞王室所特有的深紅色頭發(fā)和長而筆挺的鼻子。是多年前一個小小的家庭“意外”造成的結(jié)果。魯?shù)婪驔Q定去參加盧里塔尼亞斯國王的加冕典禮。他到了曾達城,并在森林里漫步。第二天上午他卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己身陷意想不到的奇遇之中。他與新朋友薩普特上尉和弗里茨一起制定了營救曾達城堡中的囚徒的計劃。很快他就與國王的死對頭黑邁克和魯帕特交上了手,而且愛上了國王的表妹,美麗的弗蕾維亞公主。然后國王……。然而,誰才是真正的盧里塔尼亞的國王呢?