The Prisoner of Zenda

In the book the Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, the main character, Rudolph Rassendyll, needs to impersonate the king of Ruritania, while also looking for where the duke of Zenda is hiding him. The duke, in an attempt to seize the throne, has kidnapped the king on the day of his crowning and is hiding him. To find the king, Rudolph, with the help of two of the king’s trusted men, is disguised as the king, is crowned in place of the king and assumes the duties of kingship. Meanwhile he watches

FTV 106A – Midterm Study Guide TA: Matthew Perkins 1A IDs – People to Know: • Eadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904) o Born in Britain, emigrated to US early in life, by the 1870s had become a very prominent photographer, mostly photographed nature and animals; very well known o 1872 – Leland Stanford (one of the richest in the state) questions whether or not a horse has all its feet off the ground when it gallops, hired Muybridge to take pictures of racehorses and prove or disprove this o 1877 –