Beginning as a stroll through Rome to a portrait of Beatrice Cenci, Dumas reconstructs the story of Count Francesco Cenci, a nobleman notorious for violence and depravity, and the family who finally plotted his death. He follows the investigation, the confessions under torture and the trial that made Beatrice a legend, using the surviving records.
One of the Celebrated Crimes, the case that inspired Shelley’s tragedy, told by a master of narrative. Download the free EPUB.