The Two Tigers (original title: Le due tigri) is the third adventure novel in the Sandokan series written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1904. Emilio Salgari (August 21, 1862 – April 25, 1911) was a writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy. ... The adventure novel is a literary genre of novels that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. ... See also: 1903 in literature, other events of 1904, 1905 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Emilio Salgari (August 21, 1862 – April 25, 1911) was a writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy. ... See also: 1903 in literature, other events of 1904, 1905 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

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!

Trivia

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

An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from a British perspective. ...

See also

• Sandokan series
• Sandokan
• The Tigers of Mompracem
• The Pirates of Malaysia
• Son of the Red Corsair

Emilio Salgari (August 21, 1862 – April 25, 1911) was a writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... The Tigers of Mompracem (original title: Le Tigri di Mompracem) is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1900. ... The Pirates of Malaysia(original title: I pirati della Malesia) is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1895. ...

External links

• Read the first three chapters
• Read a Sandokan Biography