Synopsis "Mr (b) Prisoner of Zenda, The: Beginner (Macmillan Readers 2005) (in English)"
STAGE 2 Beginner 600 Headwords Past simple Past continuous Future with will/shall Modal- have to Catenative verbs - want to, try to, like to, hate to, stop, start - Present perfect Past perfect See, hear, watch + infinitive or present participle - Nouns in simple apposition Two nouns linked by and - Nouns phrase in apposition to a noun - verb + maximum of two adverbs Verb + maximum of two simple adverbial phrases of direction, time or manner - Adverbs of frecuency - sometimes, never,etc.- Maximum of two adjetives + noun Noun + one Simple adjetival phrese Simple comparatives- Compound sentences with two co-ordinate clauses joined by and, but or or A burning curiosity draws Rudolf Rassendyl, a young Englishman, to Ruritania to see the coronation of the new King. His distinctive red hair and long sharp nose bear witness to the ancestral indiscretion that links his blood with that of the ruling monarchy.Instead he is thrown into a series of adventures beyond his wildest dreams. For the King is kidnapped by his treacherous brother, the Duke of Strelsau, and only Rudolph can save him. His own life in danger, he battles to outwit not only the Duke and his evil henchmen but the ruthless young Rupert Hentzau, who 'feared neither man nor devil'. At the same time he finds himself irresistably attracted to the beautiful Princess Flavia, the betrothed of the King. Both a thrilling, swashbuckling tale and a tender love story, The Prisoner of Zenda is as popular now as when it was first published a hundred years ago.
