pencil: Milo Manara

story: Hugo Pratt

Historical and erotic tale for adults, set in 1806 Buenos Aires, in black and white.
At the beginning of 1900, a very old white man was found in an Indian village.
The commander of the expedition orders one of his attendants to listen to his story.
Tom Browne arrived in Argentina during the British invasion of 1806.
On the English fleet there are also Scottish prostitutes to "cheer" the English officers.
Tom falls in love with Molly, one of them, but is forced to go ashore on an exploratory mission.
Taken prisoner, he is freed after the invasion and is reunited with Molly and her friends, who have deserted.
Instead of staying with the Spanish nobles he helped escape, he returns to Buenos Aires with Molly, but the girl ends up hanged for her escape.
Tom stays in Argentina.
he story is rather simple, but the study of historical details by the two artists is extremely meticulous (as always).
The drawings by Manara are masterful and the screenplay by Pratt, which develops the story in 132 pages, is flowing!