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This Purple Rose book is a collection of the first five stories in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series: A Princess of Mars (1917), The Gods of Mars (1918), The Warlord of Mars (1919), Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920) and The Chessmen of Mars (1922). It contains all of the original frontispieces by... read more
Books in This Collection
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A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter found himself captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him was Dejah Thoris, lovely Princess of Helium. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers.
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The Gods of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars -- an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.
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The Warlord of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)Far to the north, in the frozen wastes of Polar Mars, lay the home of the Holy Therns, sacred and inviolate. Only John Carter dared to go there to find his lost Dejah Thoris. But between him and his goal lay the bones of all who had gone before.
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Thuvia, Maid of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)A planet of strange beings, fair maidens, savage giants, and brave sword-swinging warriors ... the bravest of whom was Carthoris, son of a Martian princess and the famed War-lord from Earth, John Carter himself.
Ride with Carthoris as he...
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The Chessmen of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)Held captive by grotesque bodiless heads, Princess Tara of Helium was rescued by a warrior who dared not reveal his name. But escape led the daughter of the Warlord of Mars into even more loathesome peril -- as the prize in a bloody game of...
Characters/People edit
- Dejah Thoris: Princess of Mars and the great love of John Carter
- John Carter: Add a description of this character.
- Gahan
- Turan
- Tars Tarkas
- Tara
- Ghek
- Carthoris
- Xodar
- Kar Komak
- Tal Hajus
- Lothar
- Thuvan Dihn
- Thark
- Thurid
- Dusar
- Barsoom
- Kantos Kan
- Djor Kantos
- Komal
- Solan
- Thuvia
- Astok
- Woola
- Powell
- Tardos Mors
- Luud
- Talu
- Sator Throg
- Kulan Tith
- Lorquas Ptomel
- Issus
- Phaidor
- Val Dor
- Moak
- Salensus Oll
- Tan Gama
- Than Kosis
- Tasor
- Lakor
- Matai Shang
- Marentina
- Mors Kajak
- Dotar Sojat
- Manator
- Hortan Gur
- Sarkoja
Setting & Locations edit
- Ptarth
- Gathol
- Mars
- Zodanga
- Thuria
- Heliumite
- Omean
- Valley Dor
- Okar
- Kadabra
- Torquas
- Vanator
- Virginia
- Korus
- Uthia
- Manataj
- Shador
- Hastor
- Bantoom
- Floran
- Arizona
- Black Chief
- Zat Arrras
- Prince Of Helium
- First Born
- Aaanthor
- Sab Than
- Earth
- Manatos
- Tario
- Korad
- Vas Kor
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)
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