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What if the jungle gives way to a hidden world where ancient Rome still rules daily life?
In Tarzan and the Lost Empire, Edgar Rice Burroughs sends his jungle hero into an isolated world in the heart of Africa. Here, the ancient Roman past survives into the modern age. Tarzan leaves familiar ground behind and faces a place where strength and survival meet the law of empire.
An English lord raised by apes, Tarzan combines animal strength with an educated mind. He lives by instinct and skill, but this hidden society presents another way of life. Short chapters and moments of danger drive the adventure forward, as the freedom of the wild meets a world shaped by ancient Rome.
What you’ll discover
- A Roman world apart Enter an isolated place where the ancient Roman past still shapes everyday life.
- Strength joined with intelligence Follow a hero whose animal strength works alongside the mind of an educated man.
- Freedom against imperial law Explore the clash between survival by instinct and a life governed by empire.
- Danger at every turn Feel the pull of short chapters that tend to leave Tarzan facing danger.
- The lure of discovery Leave the familiar jungle for a hidden world full of danger and wonder.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you love lost worlds, gladiator arenas, daring escapes and loyal animal companions, or the old pulp adventures where a scholar, a jungle hero and a clever monkey share one wild plot.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A worried father asks the ape-man for help
- Erich climbs alone into a sunken canyon
- Tarzan falls and the Bagegos take him
- Erich finds Rome alive in the canyon
- Raiders carry Tarzan to the city of Sanguinarius
- Tarzan seizes an emperor and saves a girl
- Betrayal and a dungeon full of allies
- Erich at court and the games begin
- Tyrants, crowds and the price of fear
- The past, the present and a hero of two worlds
- How the story is told, with two plots and a monkey
Who’s who
- TarzanThe ape-man and lord of the jungle, who goes alone into the Wiramwazi Mountains to find a friend's missing son.
- Erich von HarbenA young scholar of ancient Rome and a mountain climber, who goes in search of the Lost Tribe.
- NkimaTarzan's small, timid monkey, who talks constantly and follows his master wherever the danger leads.
- GabulaErich's servant, a proud Batoro who returns to his master in the mountains despite his fear of ghosts.
- FavoniaThe clever, haughty daughter of Septimus Favonius, living in the island city of Castrum Mare.
- Maximus PraeclarusA young Roman officer in Castra Sanguinarius who shelters Tarzan and wants to marry Dilecta.
- DilectaThe brave daughter of a senator, who is pursued by the emperor's son and loves Praeclarus.
- Cassius HastaAn emperor's nephew from Castrum Mare, betrayed by his uncle and held as a prisoner.
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Tarzán y el Imperio Perdido
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1928
A jungle lord searches a hidden canyon where Roman legions still march and a scholar is held in chains.
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What would you do if the legend your neighbors fear turned out to hold real soldiers in Roman armor? That is the problem Tarzan of the Apes faces in this adventure by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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A worried father asks the ape-man for help
Tarzan and his Waziri warriors are camped in the jungle, hunting a cattle-killing lion. Nkima hears strangers coming and grows excited, sure that everything wants to eat him.
The visitor is Doctor von Harben, a missionary who has marched far to find the ape-man. His only son, Erich, is a scholar of ancient languages and a fine climber. Months ago he set out for the Wiramwazi Mountains to trace the legend of a Lost Tribe of white people. Some of his porters have crept home and avoid all questions. Local people believe the mountains hold bloodthirsty ghosts.
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan and the Lost Empire. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/tarzan-and-the-lost-empire.
Burroughs, E. R. (2026). Tarzan and the lost empire. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tarzan-and-the-lost-empire (Original work published 1928)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan and the Lost Empire. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tarzan-and-the-lost-empire.
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What is Tarzan and the Lost Empire about?
Tarzan goes into the Wiramwazi Mountains to find Erich von Harben, a missing scholar, and discovers a hidden canyon where descendants of a Roman cohort live in two rival cities with emperors, legions and gladiator games.
Who is Nkima in the Tarzan books?
Nkima is Tarzan's small, talkative monkey companion. He is cowardly and boastful but loyal, and he speaks the language of the apes. In this book his journeys are important to the plot.
Who are the Lost Tribe of the Wiramwazi?
They are the legend of a hidden white tribe in the Wiramwazi range. Local people fear them as ghosts, but Erich and Tarzan find a society of Roman descent that has lived apart for centuries.
The author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 · American adventure novelist
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born in Chicago in 1875. He wrote novels about Tarzan and novels set on Mars. His first Mars story appeared in 1912 and became the book A Princess of Mars in 1917. He later lived in California and died in Encino in 1950.
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