In the rich history of rock music few names have shone out as consistently as that of Queen. With a career spanning over five decades, the band is one of the world’s most successful of all time. During this period, Queen came to embody the power of musical creativity and most of their songs topped the charts for weeks on end. They created something like their own musical universe, made up of a combination of hard rock, glam rock, pop, funk and opera, shattering the boundaries between the genres. Taking its cue from the Greatest Hits II album of 1991, Montblanc honours with the Great Characters Homage to Queen Special Edition one of Queen’s most successful albums. Echoing the striking colour combination of the double LP Greatest Hits II, the edition appears in dark blue with gold-plated fittings. The four musicians behind the sound of this legendary compilation album have gone down in history: Freddy Mercury, the charismatic front man with a vocal range spanning several octaves and coloured by a rich vibrato; Brian May, the virtuoso guitarist and his unmistakable electric guitar sound; John Deacon, the versatile and creative bass player; and Roger Taylor, the rhythmic heart of the band. As a sign of their musical virtuosity, which made the 1991 album one of the biggest-selling and best-known in the world, the ‘tools of their trade’ are subtly immortalised on the precious resin: microphone and bass on the cap; guitar and drum kit on the barrel.