or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
16 used & new from £10.00
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Thuvia, Maid Of Mars
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside another edition of this book

Thuvia, Maid Of Mars (Hardcover)

by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Price: £15.53 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Usually dispatched within 11 to 13 days.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

10 new from £10.00 6 used from £22.60
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 2 used & new from £25.00
Paperback £8.71 £8.51 11 used & new from £3.50
Audio Download (Unabridged) £9.09 £4.79
or £3.99 with new Audible.co.uk membership.
Mass Market Paperback (Reissue) 4 used & new from £11.19
Library Binding Order it used
ExpandShow more editions and formats

Frequently Bought Together

Thuvia, Maid Of Mars + The Warlord of Mars + The Gods of Mars
Total RRP: £32.01
Price For All Three: £31.41

Some of these items are dispatched sooner than the others. Show details

  • This item: Thuvia, Maid Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Usually dispatched within 11 to 13 days.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • The Warlord of Mars by E. R. Burroughs

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Warlord of Mars

The Warlord of Mars

by E. R. Burroughs
4.5 out of 5 stars (4)  £5.39
The Gods of Mars

The Gods of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4.8 out of 5 stars (4)  £10.49
The Master Mind of Mars

The Master Mind of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £7.99
A Fighting Man of Mars

A Fighting Man of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £16.29
The Chessmen of Mars

The Chessmen of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £15.29
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Hardcover: 212 pages
  • Publisher: 1st World Library, Ltd (1 July 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1421807270
  • ISBN-13: 978-1421807270
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,610,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Synopsis

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Upon a massive bench of polished ersite beneath the gorgeous blooms of a giant pimalia a woman sat. Her shapely, sandalled foot tapped impatiently upon the jewel-strewn walk that wound beneath the stately sorapus trees across the scarlet sward of the royal gardens of Thuvan Dihn, Jeddak of Ptarth, as a dark-haired, red-skinned warrior bent low toward her, whispering heated words close to her ear. "Ah, Thuvia of Ptarth," he cried, "you are cold even before the fiery blasts of my consuming love! No harder than your heart, nor colder is the hard, cold ersite of this thrice happy bench which supports your divine and fadeless form! Tell me, O Thuvia of Ptarth, that I may still hope - that though you do not love me now, yet some day, some day, my princess, I - "
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(6)
(6)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Thuvia, Maid Of Mars
41% buy the item featured on this page:
Thuvia, Maid Of Mars 3.5 out of 5 stars (4)
£15.53
A Princess of Mars
20% buy
A Princess of Mars 4.8 out of 5 stars (20)
£3.89
The Warlord of Mars
15% buy
The Warlord of Mars 4.5 out of 5 stars (4)
£5.39
John Carter's Chronicles of Mars
13% buy
John Carter's Chronicles of Mars 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£18.34
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

4 Reviews
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (3)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Like father, like son, Cathoris pursues his beloved Thuvia, 27 Aug 2003
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)      
This review is from: Thuvia, Maid of Mars: Bk. 4: Book 4 of the Barsoom Series (Deodand Classics) (Paperback)
It took the first three volumes of his Martian series for Edgar Rice Burroughs to get his hero John Carter, former cavalier of Virginia, and Dejah Thoris, princess of Helium to the point where they could live happily ever after. Satisfied with the combination of romance and pulp adventure, this fourth Martian novel turns to the next generation of Barsoomians. Cathoris, son of the Warlord of Mars and his beloved princess, is one of two princes and a Jeddak who are seeking the hand of the Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is kidnapped by the sinister Prince Astok of Dusar, the entire planet is about to be thrown into a bloody war and Cathoris has to follow in his father’s footstep and deal with savage beasts and phantom armies as he rescues Thuvia and saves Barsoom from a costly war. Of course, by the time he catches up with his beloved, Cathoris finds the situation is slightly more complicated than he thought, mainly because ERB never provides a smooth ending for his couples.

“Thuvia, Maid of Mars” was originally serialized in “All-Story Weekly” in April 1916, which explains the novel’s subtext about world war, since one was going on in Europe at that point in time. The original title was “Cathoris,” but apparently when it was published as a novel in 1920 somebody wised up and changed it. Thuvia is not as great a name as Deja Thoris, but it is not bad. In many ways this is like the previous novel, “The Warlord of Mars,” where the hero chases his beloved across the landscape of Barsoom and has to deal with green men and white apes. Fortunately, unlike ERB’s Tarzan series, “Thuvia, Maid of Mars” is really the only time that repeats himself like this in the Martian series, which stands out as his best as he proves in the next and most inventive volume in the series, “Chessmen of Mars.”

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast and furious fantasy!, 19 Mar 2009
By Mr. M. Jones "Jonesmz" (Chester, England) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Mass Market Paperback)
Good, knockabout sword and (sort of) sorcery, with plenty of alien races to contend with. Fast paced action driven plot that skips over some simple holes, such as how Thuvia controls the banth, and how those ghostly armies are created, but the fantasy adds to the enjoyment.
This edition also has a glossary for the whole series, which includes a line about the writers servant, and a couple of spelling mistakes(mistaking Thuvia for Thuria on a couple of occasions), but makes for an enjoyable read.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
2.0 out of 5 stars Change In Focus, 13 Feb 2009
This review is from: Thuvia- Maid of Mars (Mass Market Paperback)
"Thuvia, Maid of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is the fourth book in the Barsoom series, and it is quite a bit different than the previous books. The first three books focused on John Carter, and his love of Dejah Thoris, but they are barely mentioned in this book. Instead, the focus switches to focus on John Carter's son, Cathoris, prince of Helium, and the title character Thuvia, princess of Ptarth, both of which were introduced in the second book of the series "The Gods of Mars", but were fairly minor characters in both that and the third book of the series. This book was originally published in three parts in "All-Story Weekly" on April 8, 15, and 22 of 1916. It was later published in book form in October of 1920.

Most of the book deals with things with which the readers of the series are already familiar, such as the different kingdoms of Red Martians, and the warlike Green Martians, but there is one very interesting new development and that is in the ancient city of Lothar, and in particular the phantom bowmen who defend that city. The entire Lothar sequence is certainly the highlight of the book, with the unusual Jav, who is the first Lotharian they meet, and Tario, Jeddak of Lothar. Also, the character Kar Komak who is one of the phantom bowmen is a good addition to the cast of characters.

The story is rather simple. Cathoris is in love with Thuvia, as is Astok, Prince of Dusar, but Thuvia herself is already promised to Kulan Tith, the Jeddak of Kaol. Who Thuvia favors is kept somewhat secret, though the reader can pretty much guess. Astok is determined to have her, and so he kidnaps her and frames Cathoris in the process, hoping to start a war and prevent the truth from being learned. Cathoris falls into their trap, and he and Thuvia disappear from the known world. Cathoris does his best to protect Thuvia as she gets passed from captor to captor, while the circumstances of what is going on in their kingdoms is unknown to them.

This book falls short of the first books of the series for a number of reasons. Many of the devices used here were used before. One would think that so many plots and deceptions had taken place in the past, that it would not automatically work so easily in making people believe that Cathoris was a kidnapper. The fact is, though, that these hokey devices worked in the earlier books, because Burroughs did a much better job of keeping the action going and telling a complete story. This book is much shorter than any of the prior three, and the ending feels like it is cut at least a chapter short as only some of the issues raised during the story end up being resolved. One never really gets to know Kulan Tith, and so his actions in the end feel empty of significance, a mistake which Burroughs did not make in the earlier books.

For those who were content with the first three books, there isn't enough here to justify coming back to it, but for those who want more, it does add something to the series. I am only going to rate this one two stars, because I feel it is significantly weaker than its predecessors, but for those who are big fans of the series, you probably will still get something out of it.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Like father, like son, Cathoris pursues his beloved Thuvia
It took the first three volumes of his Martian series for Edgar Rice Burroughs to get his hero John Carter, former cavalier of Virginia, and Dejah Thoris, princess of Helium to... Read more
Published on 15 July 2004 by Lawrance M. Bernabo

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject











i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.