000			02030nam a22002177a 4500
005			20181115125411.0
008			181113b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781631408489
028			_aVariety Books Publishers Distributors _b;B-10,Street No-2,West Vinod Nagar New Delhi-1100092 _c;IM2253 _d;06/11/2018
082			_a741.5945 PRA
100			_aHugo Pratt _a: Dean Mullaney _a; Simone Castaldi
245			_aCorto Maltese _b: in Siberia _c/Hugo Pratt
260			_aSan Diego, CA _b : EuroComics, an imprint of IDW Publishing _c, 2017
300			_a118 pages _b: chiefly illustrations _c; 30 cm.
365			_b1767
505			_a The Red Lanterns -- The prisoner of Chang -- The romantic duchess -- The savage division -- Ungern of Mongolia -- The end of the Black Dragon.
520			_aWith 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!
650			_aArts
655			_aCorto Maltese (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
942			_cBOOK
999			_c50392 _d50392