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Pierdomenico Baccalario
Sandokan. The Tigers of Mompracem
Adventure
A classic of adventure literature.
The Tigers of Mompracem is the first book in Emilio Salgari’s Indo-Malay Cycle. It tells the story of Sandokan, a young pirate and the sole surviving descendant of the royal line of Borneo, overthrown by European invaders. Nicknamed the Tiger of Malaysia for his daring and bravery, he leads a band of pirates from across Southeast Asia, known as the “tigrotti”—men willing to fight for him to the death. Sandokan can also rely on his dearest friend, Yanez de Gomera, a young Portuguese adventurer. Together, they embark on a breathtaking quest to reclaim the kingdom that was taken from him. And, entirely unprepared for such a turn of fate, Sandokan encounters the love of his life, Marianna—the niece of his sworn enemy.
- A story that Pierdomenico Baccalario, one of Italy’s most acclaimed contemporary authors, has revitalized through a skilled process of refinement and streamlining.
- A tribute to the grandeur and enduring appeal of Salgari’s storytelling.
Publisher:
Il Castoro
Target:
10+
Year:
2025
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.
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