A Man of Mark (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Described as "inventive” and "exhilarating” by the New York Times in its review, A Man of Mark tells the story of three gentlemen who are in love with the heroine, Miss Christina Nugent. They all hope to marry the undecided Miss Nugent. In the midst of a revolution, who will capture her hand?

Described as "inventive" and "exhilarating" by the New York Times in its review, A Man of Mark tells the story of three gentlemen who are in love with the heroine, Miss Christina Nugent. They all hope to marry the undecided Miss Nugent. In the midst of a revolution, who will capture her hand?

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), who published under the name Anthony Hope, was a prolific English novelist and playwright.  His best-known works are the swashbuckling adventures Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898).  Knighted in 1918 for his wartime service with the Ministry of Information, his autobiography Memories and Notes appeared in 1927.