Books with title The March King

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ALL LUSTADT was in an uproar. The mad king had escaped. Little knots of excited men stood upon the street corners listening to each latest rumor concerning this most absorbing occurrence. Before the palace a great crowd surged to and fro, awaiting they knew not what. For ten years no man of them had set eyes upon the face of the boy-king who had been hastened to the grim castle of Blentz upon the death of the old king, his father. There had been murmurings then when the lad's uncle, Peter of Blentz, had announced to the people of Lutha the sudden mental affliction which had fallen upon his nephew, and more murmurings for a time after the announcement that Peter of Blentz had been appointed Regent during the lifetime of the young King Leopold, "or until God, in His infinite mercy, shall see fit to restore to us in full mental vigor our beloved monarch."

Earliest Grosset & Dunlap reprint. J. Allen St. John jacket illustration and frontispiece. Jacket is moderately worn at edges with chips at head and tail of spine. Part of 'The' is obscured in the title. Spidery closed tear, starting at spine fold and extending about half way across front panel. Tear is partially tape repaired on reverse. Portrait of ERB and list of 24 titles. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Bright red cloth with black titles on spine and front board. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine, points rubbed. Cloth is nice and clean. previous owners name and address written neatly in ink on ffep. Black and white frontispiece printed on glossy paper. Interior is clean and bright. 365p. + ads. Twenty-three titles listed for ERB.

"I have passed through a series of rather remarkable adventures since I came to Lutha," said Barney apparently quite irrelevantly, after the two had remained silent for a moment. "Shortly after my car fell upon you I was mistaken for the fugitive King Leopold by the young lady whose horse fell into the ravine with my car. She is a most loyal supporter of the king, being none other than the Princess Emma von der Tann. From her I learned to espouse the cause of Leopold." ~~~ Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination. The Mad King, first published in book form in 1926 and difficult to find in print, is the rollicking yarn of American Barney Custer, who is mistaken for a deranged sovereign in the faraway land of Lutha. Perhaps Burroughs's most outrageously grandiloquent work, this tale of daring swordfights, damsels in distress, and diabolical villains is a favorite among true Burroughs devotees. American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875-1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science-fiction novels that are still beloved today, including Tarzan of the Apes (1912), At the Earth's Core (1914), A Princess of Mars (1917), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

Two-Fisted Old-School Action! Barney, a rural man from Nebraska, is unaware that he shares the blood of kings. In the fictional European nation of Lutha, young Barney finds himself mistaken for the rightful king Leopold. Unfortunately the true king has been imprisoned by his wicked uncle, and to make matters worse, the First World War looms in the near future. Barney finds himself drawn into a web of trickery, mistaken identity, true love and intense action in a realm turned upside-down. This novel, long in the public domain, is available for free in many ebook editions. This exclusive keepsake print version, completely re-set and edited, is a must for Burroughs fans and anyone who appreciates a good adventure story in the style of H. Rider Haggard and Anthony Hope.