Thuvia, Maid of Mars

Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a science fiction novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book is set in the fictional world of Barsoom, which is also known as Mars. The story follows the adventures of Carthoris, the son of John Carter, the hero of Burroughs' previous Barsoom novels. Carthoris falls in love with Thuvia, a princess of Ptarth, but she is kidnapped by the evil prince of Dusar. Carthoris sets out to rescue her, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a battle between two Martian city-states. Along the way, he encounters a variety of strange creatures, including the plant men of Barsoom and the fierce banths, a kind of Martian lion.The novel explores themes of love, loyalty, and honor, as well as the dangers of war and the consequences of one's actions. It is a thrilling adventure story that will appeal to fans of science fiction and fantasy.1920. After a rambunctious youth and series of short-lived jobs including door-to-door salesman, accountant, a peddler for a quack alcoholism cure and finally pencil sharpener wholesaler, Burroughs found his calling as writer. As the story goes, one of Burroughs' duties was to verify the placement of advertisements for his sharpeners in various magazines. These were all-fiction pulp magazines, a prime source of escapist reading material for the expanding middle class. Burroughs spent time reading those magazines and decided he could write those stories just as well. He was lucky his first time out and sold Under the Moon of Mars. The Tarzan series followed this and Burroughs was now a full-fledged writer. The fourth book in Burroughs' Martian series, the story is about Carthoris falling in love with Thuvia, princess of Ptarth, who was rescued by John Carter from the Therns. Thuvia is stolen away by Astok, Prince of Dusar, Ptarth's rival. Carthoris follows her across Barsoom and rescues her, encountering some strange and fascinating creatures. Thuvia, unfortunately, is already betrothed to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, ally of Helium. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.