The Last Filibusters (Translated)
Description:... - This is the Second Edition of the of "The Last Filibusters" in English. "The Last Filibusters" is the only English translation of the Italian "Gli ultimi filibustieri" by Emilio Salgari. "The Last Filibusters" is the continuation and conclusions of the adventures of the band of characters introduced in "The Son of the Red Corsair."Emilio Salgari is an Italian writer of adventure and science fiction stories for readers of all ages young at heart. His books are regarded as classics and are still in print many years after their initial publication. They have been translated in several languages and, besides Italy, they are especially popular in the Spanish speaking world. A prolific writer, Salgari authored 80 novels and about 150 short stories. The faithful Mendoza, Buttafuoco, and the boisterous Don Barrejo reunite to save Neala, the half-sister of Enrico of Ventimiglia, the Italian gentleman disguised as a corsair who found her and brought her back to Europe in The Son of The Red Corsair. Neala has returned to the New World to be made Queen of Darien and take possession of the riches she inherited after the death of her grandfather, the Darien's Gran Cacique. But the Marquis of Montelimar, who had kept her prisoner pretending to be her tutor with the aim of getting his hands on the inheritance, kidnaps her soon after she arrives. Mendoza, Buttafuoco, and Barrejo will stop at nothing and join forces with the last Pirates of the Caribbean to rescue her in this action filled, and often humorous, adventure.
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