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Anatolia, 1921. What attracts Corto Maltese to the ancient Silk Road, through an empire in the midst of chaos? Find the treasure of Alexander the Great or free Rasputin from his Ottoman prison? New color edition. 143 pages. French.
Corto Maltese is a series of adventure and fantasy comics named after the character Corto Maltese, an adventurous sailor. It was created by the Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt in 1967. The comics are highly praised as some of the most artistic and literary graphic novels ever written and have been translated into numerous languages and adapted into several animated films.
The series features Corto Maltese, an enigmatic sea captain who lives in the first three decades of the 20th century. Born in Valletta on the island of Malta on 10 July 1887, the son of a sailor from Cornwall, and a gypsy from Seville.
In his adventures full of real-world references, Corto has often crossed with real historical characters like the American author Jack London and his nurse Virginia Prentiss, the American outlaw Butch Cassidy, the German World War I flying ace Red Baron, and many others.
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Anatolia, 1921. What attracts Corto Maltese to the ancient Silk Road, through an empire in the midst of chaos? Find the treasure of Alexander the Great or free Rasputin from his Ottoman prison? New color edition. 143 pages. French.