Welcome to ROH Press, an independant publishing house specializing in the adventure novels of Emilio Salgari.
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A few words about our authors.
  Writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy, Emilio Salgari was born in Verona on August 21, 1862, to a family of modest merchants. When his dream to captain his own vessel and explore the world was shattered by poor marks at a naval institute in Venice, he turned his passion for exploration and discovery to writing. He wrote more than two hundred adventure stories and novels, many of which are considered classics. Setting his tales in exotic locations, with heroes from a wide variety of cultures, Mr. Salgari used his powerful imagination to bring the wonders of the world to the doorstep of generations of readers.     Enormously popular, Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author and pioneer of the science fiction genre. Verne's stories, written for adolescents as well as adults, caught the enterprising spirit of the 19th century and its uncritical fascination with scientific progress. Many of his ideas have been hailed as prophetic; his novels explored space, air and underwater travel long before they became commonplace. Verne's oeuvre includes 65 novels, some 20 short stories and essays, 30 plays, some geographical works, and several opera librettos. His novels have inspired 120 feature films.  
   
         
A few noteworthy items. For more news, visit our News page.
In 2007, Sandokan was listed as one of the 20th century’s greatest characters in Lucy Daniel’s Defining Moments in Books: The Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events that Shook the Literary World.  
In 2008, ROH Press received the Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs’ 2008 Translation Award for the English language version of Emilio Salgari’s classic The Tigers of Mompracem.
  In 2009, four of Mr. Salgari's works including The Black Corsair and Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem were featured in Julia Eccleshare's 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
 
 

In 2010, the first Malay translation of Emilio Salgari's Sandokan:The Pirates of Malaysia debuted in Malaysia.

Malaysian Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit has urged Malaysian film makers to produce a movie from the novel.
 
A few reviews of our novels. You can find more links and read more reviews of our other titles on our Reviews page.
 

Click on the Italy logo to read a review of Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem from the December 2009 issue of Italy Magazine.

  

Click to read Pirates of the Caribbean all'Italiana. A Childhood Across Two Cultures from the November 2011 issue of Italy Magazine.

   Click on the picture below to watch a documentary about Mr. Salgari. In Italian with English subtitles.   Click on the Kirkus logo to read a review of The Black Corsair.   Click on the Thistles and Pirates logo to read a review of The Black Corsair and the Sandokan novels by 'The Pirate Lady': writer/editor Cindy Vallar.   What's it like to translate Salgari? Click on the logo to read an interview at Drugstore Books, a popular writing collective based in Southeast Asia.  
   
 

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