Two Golden Hands
The Revenge of Count Skarbek #1
written by Yves Sente
illustrated by Grzegorz Rosiński
1843, Paris. A sensational trial stuns the art world and has the streets of the capital buzzing. Is the famous art dealer Daniel Northbrook nothing but a swindler? Count Skarbek, a rich Polish businessman, will do everything he can to prove it. A gripping romantic thriller and a poignant story of love, hatred, passion, and revenge in the vein of the great popular fiction by Hugo and Dumas.
REVIEW
4 out of 5
I don’t even know where to start! Did you enjoy The Count of Monte Cristo? Then you’ll want to grab this graphic novel. I loved the illustrations, they really brought the story to life. Skarbek is a great character, driven by a need for revenge. He has quite a bit of depth, and I enjoyed getting to know him as the story progressed. The storyline is unique enough that it will have you turning pages for hours wondering what’s coming next. Highly recommend!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yves Sente was born in Brussels in 1964. When he was little, he read La Marque Jaune, Jacobs’ masterpiece, over and over again. Little did he know at that age that The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer would determine his destiny…!
In 1998, while he was working for Le Lombard, he worked with the cartoonist André Juillard on the script of La machination Voronov, a new episode of the Blake and Mortimer, a Cold War story acclaimed by critics and the public. Yves Sente then went on to write Les Sarcophages du 6e continent, where he reveals the young life of Professor Mortimer. He confirmed his writing talents with La Vengeance du Comte Skarbek (Dargaud; The Revenge of Count Skarbek, Europe Comics) and then Thorgal (Le Lombard; Cinebook/Europe Comics in English), taking over for Jean Van Hamme alongside Rosinski.