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Tintin - El Secreto del Unicornio (Spanish Edition)
by Herge
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Juventud (1997-09)
ISBN: 8426114202
EAN: 9788426114204
Binding/Media: Paperback
Edition: unknown
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
SKU: 05494
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Pages clean, minor edge wear, small crease at corner.
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Product Description
Tintin is a world famous series with 75 years of staying power! It has influenced generations of comic artists. These Spanish editions feature some of Tintin's most memorable adventures! In La oreja rota, a museum statue has been stolen, and then returned. But Tintin realizes that the returned item is a fake and that there is a deeper secret behind the robbery. His investigation into the mystery of the missing statue leads him on an adventure in South America. In El secreto del unicornio and its sequel El tesoro de Rackham el rojo, Tintin joins Haddock and Professor Calculus on a hunt for pirate treasure, with the aid of a shark-shaped mini-submarine.
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The first half of another great Tintin adventure
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-07-31
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
First off, be forewarned that "El Secreto del Unicornio" ("The Secret of Unicorn") is only the first half of a first-rate two-part Tintin adventure, so do not get all bent of shape when you get to the end of this 1943 story and Tintin looks out at you and tells you to find out what happens next in "Il tesoro di Rakam il Rosso" ("Red Rackham's Treasure"). As our story opens, Hernandez & Fernandez are trying to solve a rash of pockets being picked and Tintin decides to buy on impulse a model of an old galliard ship. But suddenly two other gentleman want to buy the model from Tintin, who refuses because he intends the model to be a gift to his friend, Captain Haddock. Then Tintin finds a small piece of parchment that was hidden in one of the masts talking about a treasure and a ship called the Unicornio. The mystery deepens when it turns out that Sir Francis Haddock, an ancestor of Tintin's good friend, was the captain of the Unicornio. After the captain tells the exciting story of Sir Francis and his glorious victory over the dreaded Barbary buccaneers, Tintin races off to track down the final pieces of the puzzle that will tell where the treasure of the Unicornio can be found.This is only Captain Haddock's third Tintin adventure but he is already as important to the story as Milu. Nestor and Marlinspike Hall make their first appearance in "El Secreto del Unicornio" but more importantly this is the story where Professor Tournasol making his unforgettable first appearance in the second half of the tale. Hergé is obviously staying as far away as he can from what is happening in Europe during World War II, but that does not take away from the fact this is a first rate tale of detective work by our intrepid hero and the second half is an equally fun adventure as Tintin and company race for "Il tesoro di Rakam il Rosso."
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