Sandokan, king of the sea: The stories of this mythical Salgari character in an adventure classic

Synopsis:
The story is set in 1868, and recounts episodes that take place after what is narrated in Le due tigri and before Alla conquers di un empire. It is situated, then, at a decisive moment in the lives of Sandokan and his companions: when the English colonial power expands and the Malay pirates understand that theirs is a world that is hopelessly vanishing. Action packed, El Rey del Mar has a lucky plot. The Portuguese Yáñez comes to the aid of Tremal-Naik, whose plantation is attacked by the rebellious Dayak. Tremal-Naik and his daughter Darma are captured by Sir James Moreland, an Anglo-Indian in the service of the Sarawak Rajah. Luckily, Yáñez is saved by an American who sells him the powerful warship that gives the novel its name.
About the Author:

Italian writer, Emilio Salgari was born in Verona, Italy, on August 21, 1862, and died in Turin, Italy, on April 25, 1911. The son of a merchant family, as a young man he served aboard a ship that toured the Adriatic and Mediterranean coast, but there is no evidence that he made more voyages by sea, although he claimed that the exotic places that appeared in his books were based on sites that he had personally visited.
Salgari began to prepare at the Royal Naval Technical Institute P. Sarpi in Venice, but did not get to obtain the title of captain that he longed for. His action-packed novels were many, but he is probably best known for creating the character of Sandokan.
Despite his success, Salgari was one of the best-selling authors of his generation, he lived in relative misery that, together with the mental imbalance of his wife, the theater actress Ida Peruzzi, with whom he had four children, led him to commit suicide in 1911 by performing the traditional rite of Hara-kiri.
Salgari wrote a total of eighty-four novels and countless stories, highlighting titles such as The Tigers of Mompracen or The Pirates of Malaysia. Several of his books have been made into a movie and his main character, Sandokan, has starred in a television series.