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Original title
  
Le due tigri

Country
  
Italy

Author
  
Emilio Salgari

Followed by
  
The King of the Sea

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Translator
  
Nico Lorenzutti

Originally published
  
1904

Preceded by
  
The Pirates of Malaysia

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Language
  
English, Original: Italian

Publisher
  
ROH Press (first English translation) Donath (first Italian publisher)

Publication date
  
English 2007 Italian 1904

Genres
  
Adventure fiction, Young adult fiction

Works by Emilio Salgari
  
The Pirates of Malaysia, The Mystery of the Black, The King of the Sea, Quest for a Throne, The Tigers of Mompracem

The Two Tigers (original title: Le due tigri) is the fourth adventure novel in the Sandokan series written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1904.

Contents

Plot summary

India, 1857. Just when Tremal-Naik's life was getting back to normal, the Thugs of the Kali cult return to exact their revenge by kidnapping his daughter Darma. Summoned by Kammamuri, Sandokan and Yanez immediately set sail for India to help their loyal friend. But the evil sect knows of their arrival and thwarts them at every turn. Have our heroes finally met their match? It's the Tiger of Malaysia versus the Tiger of India in a fight to the death!

Film versions

There has been one film adaptation of the novel, The Two Tigers filmed in 1941 starring Luigi Pavese as Sandokan, Massimo Girotti as Tremal-Naik, and Sandro Ruffini as Yanez.

Trivia

  • The action takes place against the backdrop of the Great Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
  • Many of the events described in the novel actually occurred.
  • References

    The Two Tigers Wikipedia