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The Mad King

The Mad King

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Paperback

FantasyMystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 153501802X
ISBN13: 9781535018029
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 30 2016
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.33 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Mad King is a Ruritanian romance by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, originally published in two parts as The Mad King and Barney Custer of Beatrice in All-Story Weekly, in 1914 and 1915, respectively. The story is Burrough's version of the then popular Ruritanian romance exemplified by Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. Set in Europe immediately before and during World War I, Burroughs' story differs from the Hope books in a number of details, though sharing much of their basic plot. The main difference between this story and Hope's two books is the portrayal of the rightful king as an actual antagonist to Barney, especially in the second part of the book, where he is as much a villain as Prince Peter and the Austrians. The other significant difference is the fact that the protagonist lives happily ever after with his princess, unlike the far more tragic ending of the Zenda series. Also, in The Mad King, Prince Peter is a clear villain, unlike Hope's more nuanced Duke Michael, who apparently is popular with the commoners. In Burroughs's story the role of the common people's hero is taken by a secondary character, Prince Von Der Tann; Prince Peter is universally reviled.

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