The beautiful Beatrice Cenci-celebrated in the painting of Guido, the sixteenth century romance of Guerrazi, and the poetic tragedy of Shelley, not to The name of the noted and notorious Florentine family has become a synonym for intrigue and violence, and yet the Borgias have not been without stanch defenders in history.Īnother famous Italian story is that of the Cenci. The first volume comprises the annals of the Borgias and the Cenci. The careful, mature reader, for whom the books are intended, will recognize, and allow for, this fact. In some instances facts appear distorted out of their true perspective, and in others the author makes unwarranted charges. The novelist has spared no language-has minced no words-to describe the violent scenes of a violent time. Translated by George Burnham Ives (1856 - 1930)ĭumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. Download cover art Download CD case insert Celebrated Crimes, Vol.
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