THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Mr. Ashraf B Fahmy

Anthony Hope:

He was born in London in 1863. He was the son of a headmaster. At the age of 13, he was sent to a well known school called Marlborough. He was a very clever boy and did well there. Then Hope went to Oxford University. He graduated with a very good degree and decided to follow a career in law in London.
While he was studying law, Anthony Hope started to write fiction. He began to write stories for the Westminster Gazette in London. The prisoner of Zenda is Hope's most famous novel. From this novel, he earned enough money to give up his careers in law.
Anthony Hope married in 1903 and had two sons and a daughter. During World War I he worked for the ministry of Information. At the end of the war, he was given the title ‘‘Sir’’ to reward him for his war work.
Anthony Hope wrote many novels including some historical fiction.
He loved the theater and wrote some plays &he also adapted some of his own novels to be performed on the stage.
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins died at 1933.
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