The Last Filibusters

This edition of the of The Last Filibusters is the only English translation of the Italian Gli ultimi filibustieri by Emilio Salgari an Italian writer of adventure and science fiction stories for readers of all ages young at heart. His books are regarded as classics and are still in print many years after their initial publication. They have been translated in several languages and besides Italy they are especially popular in the Spanish speaking world. A prolific writer Salgari authored 80 novels and about 150 short stories. In this the continuation and conclusions of the adventures of Enrico of Ventimiglia the Italian gentleman disguised as a corsair the faithful Mendoza Buttafuoco and the boisterous Don Barrejo reunite to save Neala Enrico's half-sister found her and brought her back to Europe in The Son of The Red Corsair. Neala has returned to the New World to be made Queen of Darien and take possession of the riches she inherited after the death of her grandfather the Darien's Gran Cacique. But the Marquis of Montelimar who had kept her prisoner pretending to be her tutor with the aim of getting his hands on the inheritance kidnaps her soon after she arrives. Mendoza Buttafuoco and Barrejo will stop at nothing and join forces with the last Pirates of the Caribbean to rescue her in this adventure packed with action and mixed with comedy and romance.