📓 Anthony Hope was a British novelist and playwright in the early 20th century. His best-known work was The Prisoner of Zenda. His other works include: Father Stafford (1891), Half a Hero (1893), The Indiscretion of the Duchess (1894), Frivolous Cupid (1895), The King's Mirror (1899), and Quisant (1900). The Indiscretion of the Duchess is the story of two ladies, a gentleman and a necklace.