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Le Sceptre d'Ottokar
Herge
1943
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Alors qu'il se promène dans un parc avec son chien Milou, Tintin tombe par hasard sur une malette oubliée. Il décide alors de la ramener à son propriétaire, le professeur Hallambique, qui lui dit être un éminent sigillographe (quelqu'un qui étudie les sceaux). Halambique est justement à la recherche d'un secrétaire pour son prochain voyage, qui doit le mener en Syldavie, afin d'y étudier un sceau très rare. Tintin lui propose donc de l'accompagner. Mais durant le voyage vers le pays syldave, Tintin a des doutes envers le professeur: certaines manies du savant semblent avoir disparues, et il s'est mis à fumer ! Ne s'agirait-il pas d'un imposteur ? Toutes ses tentatives pour le démasquer échouent, mais le doute subsiste. Quelles sont les motivations réelles qui poussent le professeur à se rendre en Syldavie ? Tintin décide d'enquêter.

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Herge
Herge
Author · 36 books

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe. "Hergé" is the pseudonym of George Remí, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingtième, to the breaking of conventions embodied from The Blue Lotus, as well as the evolution of the society of his time. The research carried out by Hergé to historically contextualize his Adventures, as well as his implicit social criticism, have made Tintin a masterpiece of the 20th century. Series on Goodreads: * The Adventures of Tintin * Quick & Flupke * The adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko

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