Ambrose LeGaillard
Powder Monkey
Emilio Salgari, Italian writer. He never moved from his city, never saw a scrap of sea in his life,but has created the best pirates books ever seen.
Thanks to him now the fictional pirates are more rich than before, he's the creator of Sandokan, the Malesian pirate king of Mompracem and his personal vengeance against James Brooke, the English villain of the saga, The Black Corsair, a marvelous saga depicting this brave and romantic pirate, once a time a Count, now a pirate warring against the evil governor van Guld, who has betrayed him and hanged his brothers.
Well, this man was very unlucky in his real life, but their books are for many people the symbol of romantic adventure at sea: with Sandokan he reach to mix from the classic "eyepatch and hook" with the classical romantic pirate who every girl dream to see.
This writing is a tribute to this marvelous writer, and also here's in Italy Sandokan saga was the lucky strike for the indian actor Kabir Bedi, who did his fortune interpreting the Malesian pirate in a TV serie.
I will post also some video and images about Salgari and the Sandokan TV serie.
If now some italian people of my age can dream of pirates, treasures and other beautiful things like this, the merit is of Salgari and his books.
His name will not be lost on the waves sea.
Here's some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Salgari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Corsair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandokan
Thanks to him now the fictional pirates are more rich than before, he's the creator of Sandokan, the Malesian pirate king of Mompracem and his personal vengeance against James Brooke, the English villain of the saga, The Black Corsair, a marvelous saga depicting this brave and romantic pirate, once a time a Count, now a pirate warring against the evil governor van Guld, who has betrayed him and hanged his brothers.
Well, this man was very unlucky in his real life, but their books are for many people the symbol of romantic adventure at sea: with Sandokan he reach to mix from the classic "eyepatch and hook" with the classical romantic pirate who every girl dream to see.
This writing is a tribute to this marvelous writer, and also here's in Italy Sandokan saga was the lucky strike for the indian actor Kabir Bedi, who did his fortune interpreting the Malesian pirate in a TV serie.
I will post also some video and images about Salgari and the Sandokan TV serie.
If now some italian people of my age can dream of pirates, treasures and other beautiful things like this, the merit is of Salgari and his books.
His name will not be lost on the waves sea.
Here's some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Salgari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Corsair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandokan
Last edited:
