Quest for a Throne

Quest for a Throne

First English Cover
Author Emilio Salgari
Original title Alla conquista di un impero
Translator Nico Lorenzutti
Country Italy
Language English (Italian original)
Series The Sandokan series
Genre Adventure fiction
Young adult literature
Publisher ROH Press (first English translation)
Donath (first Italian publisher)
Publication date
  • English 2015
  • Italian 1907
Media type Paperback, Ebook
Pages 308
ISBN 978-0978270766
Preceded by The King of the Sea
Followed by The Reckoning

Quest for a Throne (original title: Alla conquista di un impero) is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1907. It features his most famous character, Sandokan.

Plot introduction

Sandokan and Yanez travel to Assam to restore Surama to the throne of her ancestors. Aided by Tremal-Naik, Kammamuri and the Tigers of Mompracem, the Portuguese devises an ingenious plan to take the capital. However, all does not go as easily as planned for an expected adversary thwarts their every move: Teotokris, the rajah’s favourite courtier, and a deadlier foe than any they have faced before.

Sources

Emilio Salgari was an avid researcher and spent months reading and researching his exotic tales. The sources he used to pen this adventure include India and its Native Princes. Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal by Louis Rousselet, and Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies by the Abbe Jean-Antoine Dubois.

See also

Novels in the Sandokan Series:


Novels in The Black Corsair series


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