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Switzerland, 1921. Invited by his friend Steiner to a meeting of alchemists, Corto Maltese still loses himself in his initiatory readings. Immersed in a dream, he will have to, between macabre dance and diabolical trial, discover the source of eternal life: the Holy Grail! New color edition. 72 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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Switzerland, 1921. Invited by his friend Steiner to a meeting of alchemists, Corto Maltese still loses himself in his initiatory readings. Immersed in a dream, he will have to, between macabre dance and diabolical trial, discover the source of eternal life: the Holy Grail! New color edition. 72 pages. French.