Helena's Path

by Anthony Hope

The dashing and adventurous Lord Lynborough decides to give up his post in the Grenadier Guards in order to write his autobiography, and he travels to the magnificent castle at Scarsmoor to take up residence. Little does he realize that trouble is not far away, in the shape of the beautiful Helena. When Lynborough learns that the volatile but charming Helena has closed his Beach Path, he is determined to retain his right of way. Passions flare as the tension between the two surly young rivals becomes all too apparent...

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2001

About the author

Prolific English novelist and playwright Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins especially composed adventure. People remember him best only for the book The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania, spawned the genre, known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda inspired many adaptations, most notably the Hollywood movie of 1937 of the same name.

Reviews

[Hannah]

A humorous little romance with a quarrel over a property line. Mostly fluff and fun, but enjoyable as a palate cleanser between heavier reads.

[Patrizia]

Che dire di questa 'novelletta' tardo-vittoriana? È di sicuro un buon esercizio di humor inglese, con una certa tendenza a virare verso il pieno 'nonsense', ed è, devo ammettere, scritta magistralmente.
Non quello che mi sarei aspettata dall'autore del "Prigioniero di Zenda", ma una lettura gradevole comunque.