How is 'King Rudolf 5th of Ruritania' known in the title of a book?
The Prisoner of Zenda Zenda", Rupert of Hentzau, is the title of the sequel novel, "Rupert of Hentzau" (1898), published four years later and included in some editions of "The Prisoner of Zenda". The popularity of the novels inspired the Ruritanian romance genre of literature, film, and theatre that features stories set in a fictional country, usually in Central Europe and Eastern Europe, such as Ruritania, the Central European realm that named the genre, "Graustark" from the novels by George Barr McCutcheon, and the neighbouring countries Syldavia and Borduria in the Tintin comics. On the eve of the coronation of King Rudolf V of
Ruritania is known as Ruritanian romance. Ruritania Ruritania is a fictional country. Its name is usually invoked as a placeholder name to make points in academic discussions, much as Alice and Bob are in logic and computing. The origin of the name lies in novels by Anthony Hope, who developed a fictional country of central Europe as a setting. Jurists specialising in international law use Ruritania and other fictional countries when describing a hypothetical case illustrating some legal point. Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer cited Ruritania as a fictional enemy when illustrating a security treaty between Australia and Indonesia signed on