The Indiscretion of the Duchess (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Anthony Hope

The plot of this 1894 novel is aptly conveyed by its subtitle, “Being a Story Concerning Two Ladies, a Nobleman, and a Necklace.”  When Gilbert Aycon travels to his estate in Normandy, he encounters a beautiful young singer, Marie Delhasse, and the adventure of a lifetime.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Apr 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411448018

Anthony Hope

Anthony Hope (Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins) was an English writer and playwright. Best known for his classic adventure tales The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau, Hope is credited with creating the Ruritanian romance genre. Although he originally published short pieces in popular periodicals, Hope started his own publishing press because of a lack of interest in publishing his longer works. The success of The Prisoner of Zenda allowed him to give up his career in law in favour of writing full time, but his later works never achieved the same popularity as Zenda. Hope was knighted in 1918 in recognition of his work with wartime propaganda, and he continued to write steadily until his death from cancer in 1933.