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Illustrator A. W. Sperry Language English Publication date 1929 Originally published October 1928 Genre Adventure fiction | 3.7/5 Goodreads Country United States Series Tarzan series Media type Print (Hardback) Publisher Henry Holt and Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle Followed by Tarzan at the Earth's Core Similar Works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan books, Adventure fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarzan and the lost empire by edgar rice burroughs book reading british english female voice
Tarzan and the Lost Empire is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twelfth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a serial in Blue Book Magazine from October 1928 through February 1929; it first appeared in book form in a hardcover edition from Metropolitan Books in September 1929.
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Plot
Tarzan and a young German, working independently, find a lost remnant of the Roman Empire hidden in the mountains of Africa. This novel is notable for the introduction of Nkima, who serves as Tarzan's monkey companion in it and a number of later Tarzan stories. It also reintroduces Muviro, first seen in Tarzan and the Golden Lion, as sub-chief of Tarzan's Waziri warriors.
Comic adaptations
The book has been adapted into comic form by Gold Key Comics in Tarzan nos. 194-195, dated February–March 1971.