Hope, Anthony

English novelist and playwright Anthony Hope (Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863 - 1933)was born in Clapton, where his father, the Reverend Edward Connerford Hawkins, was headmaster of St John's Foundational School. Hope acquired his earlier education at his father's school and later went on to Balliol College at Oxford University. Hope's most famous works areThe Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau,set in the simultaneous fictional country of Ruritania. ;

Pseudonym of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, British novelist and playwright. He was knighted for his services in the British Ministry of Information during World War I. He published several plays and over 20 novels. He is best remembered for his romance fictions.;