Phroso
by Anthony Hope
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Adventure-loving aristocrat Lord Wheatley buys a small Greek island, but when he finally arrives at his Mediterranean idyll, he finds that the native inhabitants of the island are not willing to cede to his leadership. Instead, they prefer to be ruled by the beautiful Phroso, with whom Wheatley soon finds himself falling in love. But before the two can live happily ever after, Phroso vanishes—and Wheatley will move heaven and earth to guarantee her safe return..
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I picked up a copy of this book after I had read a few of Hope's other works (Zenda, Dieppe, Simon Dale...) and I am so glad I did. This is a great story. I won't mention any of the details as I think it is best left as a surprise, but I will say it is a page-turner, really well written, and a great set of characters!
The first time I read this I would have given it 5; the second time I did not like it quite som much,. but it is still better than most of Hope's non-Ruritanian novels, concerning an English hero involved with a young Greek girl and assorted villains on an Aegean island. The plot bears a curious resemblence to Buchan's The Dancing Floor.
Excellent romantic adventure story that takes place on a fictional Greek Island
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Novelist Anthony Hope-Hawkins was born in London, England on February 9, 1863. After attending Marlborough College and Balliol College, he became a lawyer and wrote short stories. The Prisoner of Zenda, his best-known work, was published in 1894. Due to the book's success, he became a full-time writer. During World War I, he worked for the show more Ministry of Information to counteract German propaganda. He was knighted for his efforts in 1918. He died of throat cancer in Surrey, England on July 8, 1933. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Phroso
- Alternate titles
- Phroso - A Romance
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 823.912 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1901-1945
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- PZ3 .H314 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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