# La favorita del Mahdi

By Emilio Salgari.

"La favorita del Mahdi" by Emilio Salgari is a novel written in 1887. Set during the Mahdist War in Sudan, it follows Fathma, the Mahdi's favorite, who flees an arranged marriage disguised as a dancer. In the African desert, she's rescued from a lion by the adventurer Abd-el-Kerim, and love blooms between them. Their romance ignites jealousy, revenge, and violence as rivals pursue them through battles, captures, and deadly duels in a turbulent wartime landscape. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Italian
- Subjects: Adventure stories; Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, 1848-1885 -- Fiction

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