The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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"The Mad King" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a Ruritanian romance originally published in 1914-1915. Young American Barney Custer travels to the fictional European kingdom of Lutha, unaware he's the exact double of the newly escaped King Leopold. Mistaken for royalty, Barney becomes entangled in royal intrigue, falls for the king's promised bride Princess Emma, and must impersonate the monarch to save the throne from a scheming prince. Set against the outbreak
of World War I, this adventure follows Barney through diplomatic danger, narrow escapes, and battles that will determine Lutha's fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Mad King |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_King |
| Credits | Judith Boss |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Impostors and imposture -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Kings and rulers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mistaken identity -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 364 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1995 |
| Last Update | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 777 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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