Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan

Robin Maxwell

Sep 2012 · Sold by Tor Books

About this ebook

Cambridge, England, 1905. Jane Porter is hardly a typical woman of her time. The only female student in Cambridge University's medical program, she is far more comfortable in a lab coat dissecting corpses than she is in a corset and gown sipping afternoon tea. A budding paleoanthropologist, Jane dreams of traveling the globe in search of fossils that will prove the evolutionary theories of her scientific hero, Charles Darwin.

When dashing American explorer Ral Conrath invites Jane and her father to join an expedition deep into West Africa, she can hardly believe her luck. Africa is every bit as exotic and fascinating as she has always imagined, but Jane quickly learns that the lush jungle is full of secrets—and so is Ral Conrath. When danger strikes, Jane finds her hero, the key to humanity's past, and an all-consuming love in one extraordinary man: Tarzan of the Apes.

Jane is the first version of the Tarzan story written by a woman and authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Its publication marks the centennial of the original Tarzan of the Apes.


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Ratings and reviews

I could feel the touch of Edgar Burroughs, but it was still original. I read the first couple of the tarzan of the apes books, but actually like this rendition better. When I read tarzan of the apes I felt like something was missing from the story. The author did a wonderful job at fixing this. I hated the fact that jane was always so helpless, and love how she was already a strong female before even stepping a foot in Africa. I highly recommend this book, anI hope she writes more, perhaps on the sequels.

I have read and love everyone of the Tarzan Novels. It was refreshing to read the story from Jane's perspective!!

It was great I loved it and I couldn't put it down.

About the author

ROBIN MAXWELL is the national bestselling author of eight historical fiction novels featuring powerful women, including Signora da Vinci and the award-winning Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, now in its twenty-fourth printing. She lives in the high desert of California with her husband, yogi Max Thomas.