The Mad King

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.

Whismical and fun THis is a little different from most of the ERB stories I've read. The hero is a young American on vacation in his mother's home country of Lutha. He hopes to find some good game hunting. Instead, he is mistaken for an escaped king who has been deemed crazy by his wicked uncle who is serving as the Regent. Entertaining folly persues as he is captured and locked up instead of the missing king. As in many of ERB's stories, the hero is strong and virtuous and a hardy fighter who falls in. Set in a Period of Contradictions jumperboy As the master of getting readers to suspend disbelief, ERB takes it to the extreme in The Mad King. In spite of the fantastic implausibilities and severely questionable character motivations, I devoured this book to the very end and was rewarded with a truly gripping yarn.Set in the early 20th century, it's a study of contradictions. Car or horse? Sword or firearm? It's never really clear why the superior technology is suddenly unavailable. Maybe that was a reality of the time, just a. Great Adventures and Escapes phenduck Edgar Rice Burroughs' works are all fun to read. This book was surprising because it did not take place in a science-fiction setting. However, it did include the usual story of a man falling in love with a woman and rescuing her more than once and getting captured and having incredible luck to escape impossible situations. Even when I could predict what was going to happen, it was still fun to watch the story unfold. I appreciate Burroughs' high standards of honor and morality and res