# Johannes Talpa — Penguin Island character guide

> Johannes Talpa in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the venerable Talpa, Talpa

**First appearance:** 0029-iv-letters

## Who they are

A monk or scholar in the medieval section.

## In the story

### [Queen Crucha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iii-queen-crucha)

The venerable Talpa is cited as the chronicler who describes Queen Crucha in the 'Gesta Penguinorum'.

### [Letters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iv-letters)

The chronicler who composes 'De Gestis Penguinorum' in the monastery of Beargarden, persisting in his writing even as the abbey is besieged and destroyed.

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