First published in 1930, this is the personal adventure narrative of Henri de Monfreid—nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun

Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account 'a rich, r

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi

Henri de Monfried, the inspiration for the swashbuckling gunrunner in the Adventures of Tintin, recounts how he became a collector and merchant of the fabled gu