Anthony Hope 
Helena’s Path (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

In this 1907 novel, a young English lord retires to Scarsmoor Castle to write his autobiography.  There he encounters Helena, a beautiful neighbor who blocks his access to the beach by closing off a private pathway.  As tensions rise between the neighbors, so, too, does a passion that surprises them both. 

Circa l’autore

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.