The Mystery of the Black Jungle

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name = The Mystery of the Black Jungle
title_orig = I misteri della jungla nera
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image_caption = First Edition Cover
author = Emilio Salgari
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country = Italy
language = Italian
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genre = Adventure novel
publisher = Donath
release_date = 1895
media_type = Print (Hardback)
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isbn = NA
oclc = 25197084
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"The Mystery of the Black Jungle" ( _it. I misteri della jungla nera) is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1895. It features two of his most famous characters, the hunter Tremal-Naik and his loyal servant Kammamuri. The adventure continues in The Pirates of Malaysia.

Plot summary

Few can live in the Black Jungle, a desolate place teeming with wild dangerous beasts. Yet it is among its dark forests and bamboo groves here that the renowned hunter Tremal-Naik makes his home. For years he has lived there in peace, quietly going about his trade until, one night, a strange apparition appears before him - a beautiful young woman that vanishes in an instant. Within days, strange music is heard in the jungle then one of his men is found dead without a mark upon his body. Determined to find some answers, the hunter sets off with his faithful servant Kammamuri, but as they head deeper into the jungles of the Sundarbans, they soon find their own lives at risk; a deadly new foe has been watching their every move, a foe that threatens all of British India.

Film versions

There have been several big screen adaptations of the novel including The Mystery of The Black Jungle filmed in 1953 starring Lexx Barker. The sequel, The Black Devils of Kali came out the subsequent year. It was later remade in 1965 as The Mystery of Thug Island. In the 1990s it returned to the small screen in Italy as I misteri della jungla nera, a popular miniseries. Actor Kabir Bedi, who has portrayed popular Salgari characters Sandokan and The Black Corsair appeared as Tremal-Naik's loyal servant Kammamuri.

ee also

*Sandokan series
*Sandokan
*The Tigers of Mompracem
*The Pirates of Malaysia
*The Two Tigers
*The Black Corsair
*Son of the Red Corsair

External links

* [http://www.rohpress.com/The_Mystery_of_the_Black_Jungle.pdf Read the first three chapters.]
* [http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/bullets-fear-me/ Read a review of Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem.]
* [http://www.sfsite.com/05b/sa272.htm Read a review of the Sandokan series at SFSite.com.]
* [http://www.rohpress.com/sandokan.htm Read a Sandokan Biography.]
* [http://www.europeanfilmreview.co.uk/euromiscellanea/kidnapped_to_mystery_island.htm Read synopsis of 1960s film adaptation Kidnapped to Mystery Island.]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Black-Jungle-Emilio-Salgari/dp/0978270711/ Find a copy.]