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'Steeped in the overripe beauty, violence and exoticism of sixteenth century Naples, this is the riveting story behind one of the most famous and terrible murders in the history of the Renaissance.
'In 1590, the great and tormented composer Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, murdered his beautiful wife Maria d'Avalos and her aristocratic lover. Gesualdo was a character of Shakespearian proportions: nobleman, musical genius and, for the last sixteen years of his life, madman or so it is alleged. With the chilling calculation of a hunter, he staged the violent and bloody murder of the lovers like an opera. Yet far from ending his torment, in the years that followed Gesualdo became increasingly persecuted by his furies and demons.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To Stefania
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Dynastic Machinations
2007-2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 297 2007-2008; (p. 31)
— Review of The Devil and Maria d'Avalos 2007 single work novel
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Dynastic Machinations
2007-2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 297 2007-2008; (p. 31)
— Review of The Devil and Maria d'Avalos 2007 single work novel
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Naples,
cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- 1500-1599
- 1600-1699