: in Siberia Hugo Pratt : Dean Mullaney ; Simone Castaldi creator text Corto Maltese (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. xxu San Diego, CA : EuroComics, an imprint of IDW Publishing , 2017 monographic eng

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118 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm. With this book Pratt leaves behind the short story form he'd used for twenty-one interrelated tales and presents a truly epic graphic novel. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Corto Maltese is engaged by the Red Lanterns--a Chinese secret society made up entirely of women--to find an armored train laden with gold that belonged to the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. They aren't the only ones lusting after the treasure. The adventure, which shifts from the hidden courts of Venice to the mysterious alleys of Hong Kong, from Shanghai to Manchuria and Mongolia to Siberia, also attracts regular and irregular armies, as well as revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries. The sweeping plot allows Pratt to fully investigate the complicated and competing motivations of his cast that includes the return of Rasputin and the introduction of the cold and dangerous Duchess Marina Seminova, the enigmatic warrior/spy named Shanghai-Lil, and historical figures such as the 'Mad Baron' Roman Ungern-Sternberg, a Russian general who who sees himself as the modern-day Genghis Khan! The Red Lanterns -- The prisoner of Chang -- The romantic duchess -- The savage division -- Ungern of Mongolia -- The end of the Black Dragon. /Hugo Pratt Arts 741.5945 PRA 9781631408489 Variety Books Publishers Distributors ;B-10,Street No-2,West Vinod Nagar New Delhi-1100092 181113 20181115125411.0