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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:58:20 -0700, HHW <coaster132000@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Oct 30, 10:35 pm, flav...@verizon.net wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:27:09 -0700, HHW <coaster132...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >Okay, I have now read your husban's journal.
>>
>> >"The protagonist is twenty-nine year old the Hon. Rudolf Rassendyll,
>> >younger brother of the Earl of Burlesdon and (through an ancestor's
>> >sexual indiscretion) a distant cousin of Rudolf V, the soon-to-be-
>> >crowned King of Ruritania (a Germanic kingdom situated 'twixt the
>> >German and Austrian Empires). King Rudolf is a hard-drinking playboy,
>> >unpopular with the common people, but supported by the aristocracy,
>> >the Church, the Army, and the rich classes in general. His political
>> >rival is his younger half-brother, Michael, Duke and Governor of
>> >Strelsau, the capital city. Michael has no legitimate claim to the
>> >throne, because he is the son of their father's second, morganatic
>> >marriage: there are hints, about his swarthy appearance and
>> >Rassendyll's taunting him as a 'mongrel', that he may be partly
>> >Jewish. Michael is regarded as champion of Strelsau's poor working
>> >classes, and also is popular with the peasants in the countryside. The
>> >novel seems sympathetic, however, with those who would support the
>> >dissolute despot.
>> >When Michael has Rudolf abducted and imprisoned in the castle in the
>> >small town of Zenda, Rassendyll must impersonate the future King at
>> >the coronation. There are complications, plots, and counter-plots,
>> >among them the schemes of Michael's mistress Antoinette de Mauban, and
>> >those of his villainous henchman Rupert of Hentzau, and Rassendyll
>> >falling in love with Princess Flavia, the King's betrothed. In the
>> >end, the King is restored to his throne - but the lovers must part."
>>
>> He;s obsessed w/this shit.  He;s not a religious jew as I am.  He even
>> drives his car to be serviced on sabbaths, for G-d;s sake!
>>
>> Susan
>
>Nothing wrong with a romantic turn of mind though I imagined it was
>not common among the orthodox.

I;m orthodox & he;s not.  It;s something we fight about all the time.

Susan