3 Review(s)

In Tintin: The Blue Lotus, Tintin and Snowy travel to China where they get involved in international intrigue and a drug smuggling racket. Summary Of The Book At the beginning of Tintin: The Blue Lotus, Tintin and Snowy are still enjoying their break in India, in the palace of the Maharajah of Gaipajama, where they ended up at the end of the previous adventure, Cigars of the Pharaoh. Tintin receives a visitor from China who tells him he is needed in that country and mentions a Japanese name, Mitsuhirato. Before he can finish the message, he is poisoned by a dart dipped in the Rajaijah juice, the poison of madness. Tintin and Snowy travel to China. They meet Mitsuhirato who tells them they are actually needed in India and tells them to go back. On board the ship bound for India, Tintin and Snowy are kidnapped and taken back to China. There, Tintin is informed that he was brought back by members of a secret society known as the Sons of the Dragon. The leader of the society, Wang Chen-Yee, tells him that Mitsuhirato lied to him, that he is a Japanese agent and also a drug smuggler. The society is trying to fight the evil of the Opium Trade and also resist Japanese interference in Chinese affairs. Tintin decides to help them, especially as Didi, Mr. Wang’s son, who saved him many times from danger, has been poisoned by the Rajaijah juice and has gone mad. The scientist who was conducting research into an antidote for the poison has disappeared and Tintin also tries to track him down. Tintin soon gets involved in international political machinations as the Japanese try to strengthen their hold on China. He is held prisoner, his life is endangered many times, but he is helped all along by the members of the Sons of the Dragon society. Tintin: The Blue Lotus was first published in 1936 and was adapted to a television series in 1991. About Herge Herge is the pen name of famous Belgian cartoonist, Georges Prosper Remi. Other books by Herge include Tintin In Tibet, Tintin: The Broken Ear, Tintin: Explorers On The Moon, Tintin: The Crab With The Golden Claws, Tintin: Land Of Black Gold, and Tintin: The Calculus Affair. Herge was born in Etterbeek in Belgium in 1907. He worked for the conservative Le XXe Siècle newspaper. Later, he began to publish his own cartoons, the most famous, Tintin, appearing in the Le Petit Vingtième, a children’s supplement to the newspaper. Beginning with The Blue Lotus, Herge began conducting meticulous research for his plots and other details, which soon became a characteristic of the Tintin books. The Tintin character's popularity and appeal remain undiminished to this day.