PONSON DU TERRAIL'S COMPLETE ROCAMBOLE SAGA
IN NEW, UNABRIDGED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
ROCAMBOLE 6 – ROCAMBOLE'S LAST WORD (Le Dernier Mot de Rocambole)
In this series, Rocambole and his associates travel to London to fight a sect of Thugs, the stranglers, worshippers of goddess Khali and return the stolen inheritance of the “gypsy girl”.
From there, Rocambole will travel on to the Indies in pursuit of his enemies
On his return though, he will need to be careful, because the London po-lice are on his tail!
Also included is “The Truth About Rocambole”, where he reveals in first person, the background to all his previous exploits and the ending of the Indian adventure.
This volume includes new unabridged English translations of the original French texts:
“Le Dernier Mot de Rocambole - Tome I - Les Étrangleurs”
“Le Dernier Mot de Rocambole - Tome II - Les Millions de la bohémienne”
“Le Dernier Mot de Rocambole - Tome III - Un drame dans l’Inde”
“Le Dernier Mot de Rocambole - Tome IV - Les Trésors du Rajah”
“La Vérité sur Rocambole”
Text translation and layout, artwork, introductory notes, author’s biography , synopses and chronology:
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THE COMPLETE SAGA IN NEW
UNABRIDGED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
The Rocambole Saga
The Rocambole adventures were first published in instalments in various French feuilletons, as supplements to newspapers.
This was an extremely popular format in 19th Century France as well as in other countries.
Novels such as Dumas’ “The Count of Montecristo”, Sue’s “The Mysteries of Paris” and Feval’s “Le Bossu” (“The Hunchback”) were first published in instalments and later reprinted as books.
From 1857 to 1870, the year before the author’s death, Ponson du Terrail wrote thousands of pages chronicling Rocambole’s adventures, first as a master criminal, then as a defender of justice.
The novels also offer an eye-opening account on how society was structured in 19th century France with stark divisions between nobility, rich businessmen and the working classes.
Far from being outdated, these novels feel as fresh today as when they were written over 150 years ago.
About the Author
Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail was born in France in 1829.
From 1850 he started writing serials for several newspapers and in 20 years will write over 200 novels! In 1857 he created the character of Rocambole, which will go on to achieve great success all over the world. The word “rocambolesque” is still used nowadays in many languages to describe fantastic, incredible adventures and scheming plots.
With Germany’s invasion of France in 1870, Ponson du Terrail joins the resistance but a sudden illness strikes him and he dies in January 1871.
The ROCAMBOLE SAGA in our catalogue
includes the following ebooks:
Series 1 - Legacy of Blood
Series 2 - Knaves of Hearts
Series 3 - Adventures of Rocambole
Series 4 - Rocambole's Redemption
Series 5 - Rocambole's Resurrection
Series 6 - Rocambole's Last Word
Series 7 - Rocambole in London
Series 8 - Rocambole in Prison
Series 9 - Rocambole and the Hangman's Rope
