The Mad King

The Mad King
Dust jacket from the first edition of The Mad King
AuthorEdgar Rice Burroughs
LanguageEnglish
GenreRuritanian romance
PublisherA.C. McClurg
Publication date
1914 - 1915
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages296 (hardback edition)
Preceded byThe Eternal Lover 

The Mad King is a Ruritanian romance by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, originally published in two parts as "The Mad King" and "Barney Custer of Beatrice" in All-Story Weekly, in 1914 and 1915, respectively. These were combined for the book edition, first published in hardcover by A. C. McClurg in 1926.