Treasures of Red Rakkam
In "The Treasure of the Red Rakkam" the reader is waiting for the continuation of the eleventh adventure of Tintin. In the previous installment, The Secret of the Unicorn, he succeeded in deciphering the ancient parchments of Chevalier François da Addoc and establishing the exact coordinates of the wrecked ship commanded by this glorious ancestor of Captain Haddock. In the second part, Tintin and Captain Haddock charter the trawler Sirius and set out to find the treasure of Red Rakkam, the pirate leader. According to their information, the jewels are still on board the frigate "Unicorn", sunk in the late XVII century near a small tropical island. Aboard the Sirius, the wacky Professor Tournesol sneaks aboard with his new invention, a miniature submarine. Tight on the ear professor terribly annoys the captain, but it is Tournesol is destined to play a key role in the upcoming expedition ... "The Adventures of Tintin" - a world-famous series of comic books by Belgian artist Georges Remy, who worked under the pseudonym Hergé. Investigating mysterious incidents, the young reporter Tintin finds himself in the "hot spots" of the planet, where important events occur. Hergé's stories are full of secrets, mysteries and unexpected turns. At every step his hero is under danger. But thanks to ingenuity, courage and resourcefulness Tintin emerges victorious from any trouble. And no matter what happened next to always his faithful friend - snow-white foxterrier Milu. "The Treasure of Red Rakkam" takes a special place in the series. First, according to official statistics, it is the world's best-selling volume of "The Adventures of Tintin"; second, it is in it that Professor Tournesol first appears (see below); and third, with this album began a short but extremely fruitful collaboration between Hergé and Edgar Pierre Jacobs (1904-1978), the future author of "Blake and Mortimer".
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The Adventures of Tintin