Tarzan, Junglens Herre

by Edgar R. Burroughs

Hardcover, 1949

Status

Available

Call number

813.52

Library's review

Tarzan er et menneske, der som lille blev adopteret af menneskeaben Kala. Han har overtaget jobbet som abernes konge efter den ondskabsfulde menneskeabe Kerchak.
En god amerikaner, James Hunter Blake på 25 år, og en ond amerikaner, Wilbur Simbol på ca 30 år, er på ekspedition sammen. De kommer
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væk fra hinanden efter en uoverensstemmelse. Stimbol bliver fanget af Ibn Jad, som er på jagt efter guld og slaver og har to mænd Feyd og Fahd, som begge bejler til den skønne Aleja.
James finder den sagnomspundne by Nimmr og vinder prinsesse Guinalda.
Stimbol returnerer såret og syg, men mildnet i sind til Amerika.
Tarzan er mest katalysator for handlingen. Han kan ikke lide slavehandlere, så det går Ibn Jad ilde. Elefanten Tantor og løven Numa er også med som gæsteoptrædende. Undervejs møder vi to hold indesluttede korstogsriddere, der har holdt ud i 700 år midt i junglen og stadig afholder ridderturneringen.
Kong Bohun hersker over Gravens by og Prins Gobred over Nimmr.

Ganske underholdende, men meget lidt realistisk historie.
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Publication

Kbh. [1949] Frederik E. Pedersens Forlag

Description

Cruel slave traders had invaded the jungle of Tarzan of the Apes. Now they were headed toward a fabled empire of riches which no outsider had ever seen, intent on looting. And toward the same legendary land was stumbling the lost James Blake, an American whom Tarzan had vowed to rescue. Following their spoors, the ape-man came upon the lost Valley of the Sepulcher, where Knights Templar still fought to resume their Holy Crusade to free Jerusalem. Soon Tarzan, true Lord of their ancient motherland, was armed with lance and shield, mixed into their jousting and ancient combat. It was then that the slavers struck!

User reviews

LibraryThing member hermit
In this Tarzan novel by Burroughs the protagonist of the story is an American named James Blake. Blake while on expedition in the Congo becomes lost all the while Arab slave traders are also invading what Tarzan perceives as his jungle. Tarzan orders both the American hunter, Blake, and the Arab
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slave trader to leave his jungle. But as the story progresses they are all trapped in an environment of ancient medieval cities locked in time and still fighting and living as they did seven hundred and fifty years earlier.

These two cities founded by Crusaders are were Tarzan comes to the rescue by becoming involved in the Joust and earning the respect of the Knights. Of the twenty four Tarzan novels by Burroughs I have read this move from the jungle does not work as well as the first time Tarzan encountered a loss civilization and being out of his element this time does not enhance the Tarzan story line.But in the end we have the Tarzan of the jungle that we know with his Golden Lion.
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LibraryThing member Spyderman58
This is one of the best of all the Tarzan books. ERB has a wonderful way of bringing in sub sculptures into his stories that would seem impossible to bring in.

The medieval presence in this book was truly amazing?

Loved it!
LibraryThing member kslade
Pretty good Tarzan novel with a lost race of Knights, like from the Middle Ages.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1927-12
1928-09-15

Physical description

141 p.; 19.7 cm

Local notes

Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser en ung mand, der slås med en kvælerslange
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" af ikke angivet oversætter
Tarzan (FEP), bind 9
Gutenberg, Australia
Side 12: Abemandens Arme er lange, selv i Døden kan han strække dem ud og krumme sine Fingre om din Hals.
Side 13: Der er trofaste Habusch-mænd imellem os, der vil adlyde og intet tale om bagefter. De kan grave en Grav, fra hvis Dyb en død Tarzan aldrig vil kunne naa os.
Side 61: Sandheden er en sjælden Gæst hos Ørkenfolket.
Side 72: Forkorsmænd og bagkorsmænd - Forkorsmændene - Gobreds efterkommere - mener at de ikke har fundet den hellige grav - Bagkorsmændene - Bohuns efterkommere - mener at de er i Den hellige Gravs Dal.
Side 108: Og saaledes hændte det, at Tarzan af Abernes Stamme, brynjeklædt og med Lanse og Sværd, red ned til Gravens Dal, netop i samme Øjeblik som Bohun udførte sin skændige Plan med at bortføre Prinsesse Guinalda...
Side 123: I det svage Skær fra Fakkelen saa Blake to udtærede, nøgne Skikkelser, der ligeledes var lænket til Muren, og henne i et Hjørne skimtede han et halvt forvitret Skelet, der stadig blev holdt fast af en svær, rusten Jærnkæde.

Other editions

Pages

141

Library's rating

Rating

½ (83 ratings; 3.6)

DDC/MDS

813.52
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