The devil & Maria d'Avalos
By: Victoria Hammond
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781741763744; 9781741146851
Subjects: Fiction; Man-woman relationships; Historical; FICTION
Other titles: Devil and Maria d'Avalos
Description: An extraordinary true story of overheated love, desire, frenzied madness and flagellation in 16th century Naples, The Devil and Maria D'Avalos tells the story of the mysterious Maria, reputedly one of the most beautiful women of her time, and the violent death she came to at the hands of her third husband, 16th century baroque composer, Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa.
Notes: "A fascinating true story of love, desire and murder in sixteenth century Naples"--Cover.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Part title; About the author; Title page; Contents; Preface; 1 Castello Aragonese; 2 The Nun's Cemetery; 3 The Phlegraean Fields; 4 Four Carnival Days; 5 Marriage to Gesualdo; 6 Spaccanapoli; 7 Gesualdo Castle; 8 A Stiletto, a secret; 9 Montevergine; 10 La Sirena; 11 The Garden of Don Garzia De Toledo; 12 Amalfi; 13 The Secret Palace; 14 The Night of the Hunter; 15 The Prince of Music; Epilogue;