Anthony Hope 
Captain Dieppe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

In this 1899 adventure the eponymous hero, a French soldier of fortune, finds himself catapulted into the midst of intrigue and romance after chancing to spend a night at the Castle of Fieramondi.  Riveting characters and an inspired plot make this one of Hope’s most distinguishing novels.

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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.