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JANE

Robin Maxwell

The Woman Who Loved Tarzan

From the lecture halls of Chicago to the anatomy labs at Cambridge University to the jungles of Africa, Jane Porter was a rare woman in her time – the only child of an American professor who encouraged her interest in science and an aristocratic English mother who was chiefly concerned with her daughter’s marriageability. But when Jane’s mother relented and allowed her daughter to join her father on an expedition to Africa, no one realized quite how dramatically the trip would change Jane’s future. For there, while left for dead by an unscrupulous member of the expedition team, Jane meets the man who would change her life – Tarzan.

Set in the early 1900s, Robin Maxwell's novel JANE is a reimagining of the legendary Tarzan story, and the first told from Jane's point of view - a page-turning adventure replete with lush jungle settings, a treacherous villain, and turn-of-the-century science but also very much the story of this unlikely couple's wild, yet intimate, love. Proudly authorized and endorsed by the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate, it is the only Tarzan novel ever written by a woman, and Tor plan to publish in fall 2012 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first Tarzan of the Apes story. Robin Maxwell is the author of several historical fiction novels including the international bestsellers The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn and The Queen's Bastard. Robin's books have been translated into 8 languages.

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Book Published 2012-09-01 by Tor

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With riveting action and suspense, earthy humor, a piquant look at the debate over evolution, and the love between heroic, resourceful, and tender Tarzan and smart, strong, and passionate Jane, this is lush and satisfying entertainment.

Finally an honest portrayal of the only woman of whom I have been really, really jealous. What a wonderful idea to write this book. Now I am jealous all over again!

In this centennial celebration of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ original Tarzan story, Maxwell retells the classic from the perspective of Jane Porter, a smart scientist-in-training out to prove the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin. She finds her answer in the jungles of Africa when she meets Tarzan of the Apes. Jane is the first version of the Tarzan story written by a woman and authorized by the Burroughs estate. Read more...

The old “Me Tarzan, You Jane” dynamic established in Johnny Weismuller movies gets a radical update by shining the spotlight on adventuress Jane Porter... A respectful, exciting and disarming update of one of the last century’s most oft-told tales.