The Secret of the Unicorn

The Secret of the Unicorn
Tintin © Hergé/Moulinsart.

Maintained by Irene Mar
Contributors and sources: Aaron Remick, Chikahiro Masami, Kirill Polsatchev, BP= Tintin and the world of Hergé by Benoît Peeters. London: Methuen, 1989; TT = Tintinologisk Tidsskrift [http://www.akira.ruc.dk/~rsj/tintin/]

Last modified: 20 Jan 2007
Latest changes: Title in other languages section updated.

Original title in French

Le Secret de la Licorne

Publication history

First appeared in Le Soir between 11/6 1942 to 14/1 1943. Published in book form in 1943.

UK edition:

1974
Publisher: London : Methuen, 1974
Physical Description: 62p : chiefly col ill ; 30cm, pbk
ISBN: 0416800203

1990
Series: Adventures of Tintin
Publisher: Mammoth, 1990
Physical Description: 62p, pbk
Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner
ISBN: 0749704624

Related link: First publication dates of The Adventures of Tintin

Plot

When Tintin finds an old model sailing ship and gives it as a present to Captain Haddock, and exciting adventure quickly develops. From an ancient diary they learn the story of the of the ship, the Unicorn—a story of cutthrat pirates and lost treasure. Helped by their detective friends Thomson and Thompson, Tintin, Snowy, the Captain set out to uncover the secret of the Unicorn. But there are many narrow escapes for Tintin before the mystery is solved and he is ready to set off in his next strange adventure, the hunt for Red Rackham's Treasure. [AR]

Trivia

  1. Cameo: page 2, frame 14: Jacques van Melkebeke. [TT]

Title in other languages

  1. Afrikaans - Die Geheim van die Eenhoorn
  2. Arabic - Tantan wa-sirr al-Khartit
  3. Basque - Adarbakerraren sekretua
  4. Bengali - Bombete Jahaj
  5. Breton - Kevrin an unkorneg
  6. Catalan - El segret de L'Unicorn
  7. Chinese - China: 独角兽号的秘密 (Dujiaoshou hao de mimi) / Hong Kong and Taiwan: 獨角獸號的秘密 (Dujiaoshou hao de mimi)
  8. Czech - Tajemstvi Jednorozce
  9. Danish - Enhjørningen's hemmelighed
  10. Dutch - Het geheim van de Eenhoorn
  11. Farsi/Persian - Razi kashtiyi asbi shakhdar
  12. Finnish - Yksisarvisen salaisuus
  13. Galician - O segredo do Alicornio
  14. Gallo - La cutrie dla Licône
  15. German - Das Geheimnis der Einhorn
  16. Greek - To Mystiko tou Monokerou (To Mystirio tou Monokerou)
  17. Hebrew - Taaloumat hagad kerene
  18. Hungarian - Az egyszarvú titka
  19. Icelandic - Leyndardómur Einhyrningsins
  20. Indonesian - Rahasia kapal Unicorn
  21. Italian - Il segreto del Liocorno
  22. Japanese - なぞのユニコーン号 Nazo no yunikon go / Nazo no Unicorn gou
  23. Malay - Rahsia Unicorn
  24. Norwegian - Enhjørningens Hemmelighet
  25. Polish - Tajemnica Jedonorozca
  26. Portuguese - O segredo do Licorne
  27. Russian - Tayna "Edinoroga"
  28. Slovak - Tajomstvo Jednoroza
  29. Spanish - El secreto del Unicornio
  30. Swedish - Enhörningens hemlighet del 1 / Enhörningens hemliget (?)
  31. Turkish - Tekboynuz'un esrari
  32. Vietnamese - Bi mât tâu Unicorn
  33. Welsh - Cyfrinach yr Uncorn

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