02823cam a22003133u 4500 76092 UtSlPG 20260610134748.0 m cr n 260607r20251864utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG it iso639-1 PQ Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 Memorie di Emma Lyonna, vol. 4/8 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-05-14 Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Memorie di Emma Lyonna, vol. 4/8" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. Told in the voice of Emma, Lady Hamilton, it traces her intimacy with Queen Maria Carolina of Naples and her entanglement in court intrigue as the French Revolution gathers force. The cast includes King Ferdinand, the minister Acton, and Prince Caramanico, as private passions collide with political maneuvering. Expect a blend of confession, seduction, and statecraft in the Neapolitan court. The opening of the narrative follows Emma’s summons to the royal apartments, where Queen Maria Carolina treats her with startling familiarity: they dress alike, share confidences, and the queen reveals a fervent, jealous attachment to Emma alongside memories of her true love, Prince Caramanico, and disdain for both husband and current favorite, Acton. Emma witnesses the queen’s secret cache of tokens and letters, then dazzles a select salon with performances—first a Sapphic hymn, then a haunting, mimed Ophelia—deepening the queen’s possessive affection. News of the Bastille’s fall intrudes, and the focus shifts to politics: Acton’s anti-French stance, freemasonic currents in Naples, and the growing revolutionary contagion. The queen coordinates with Vienna, plots dynastic marriages, and supports plans akin to the later Varennes flight, while Emma becomes her trusted confidante. After a Vienna–Rome journey, the queen returns buoyed by hopes of a coalition against France, and the court moves toward war preparations and tighter surveillance at home, even as King Ferdinand’s character is sketched as impulsive and unmartial. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Milano: Daelli e C., 1864 Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815 -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into Italian https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76092 116817 116817