Cigars of the Pharaoh (The Adventures of Tintin)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Cigars of the Pharaoh (The Adventures of Tintin)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Herge
SeriesThe Adventures of Tintin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 295,Width 218
ISBN/Barcode 9781405206150
ClassificationsDewey:741.59493
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Farshore
Publication Date 26 September 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

On the hunt for an Egyptologist and a mysterious ancient pharaoh, Tintin scours Egypt and India. He makes friends with elephants, narrowly avoids falling victim to the poison of madness and saves a maharajah from a killer tiger.

Author Biography

Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. His pseudonym comes from his initials backwards (R.G., as pronounced in French). Over the course of 54 years he completed 23 albums of The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time. With translations published in over 80 languages, more than 230 million copies sold worldwide and a Hollywood movie to its name, Tintin dominates the Comics and Graphic Novels chart even today. Sadly, Herge died in 1983, leaving his 24th album, Tintin and Alph-Art, unfinished, but his hero continues to be one of the most iconic characters in both adult and children's fiction.

Reviews

Tintin shows young readers that the world in all its complexity is theirs to bestride. The Wall Street Journal I became enthralled with the way Herge told his stories. Grand, epic, global adventures about a young reporter who goes all around the world looking for stories to tell. (Steven Spielberg, 'The Adventures of Spielberg: An Interview', The New York Times, 2011) Top 100 Children's Book - Time Out, 2022