《The Outlaw of Torn 》作者：- Edgar Rice Burroughs【EPUB】

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The Outlaw of Torn Burroughs, Edgar Rice Published: 1914 Type(s): Novels, Adventure Source: http://www.gutenberg.org 1 About Burroughs: Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. Source: Wikipedia 2 Chapter 1 Here is a story that has lain dormant for seven hundred years. At first it was suppressed by one of the Plantagenet kings of England. Later it was forgotten. I happened to dig it up by accident. The accident being the re- lationship of my wife's cousin to a certain Father Superior in a very an- cient monastery in Europe. He let me pry about among a quantity of mildewed and musty manuscripts and I came across this. It is very interesting — partially since it is a bit of hitherto unrecorded history, but principally from the fact that it records the story of a most remarkable revenge and the ad- venturous life of its innocent victim — Richard, the lost prince of England. In the retelling of it, I have left out most of the history. What interested me was the unique character about whom the tale revolves