02823cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500370014626400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033350000310036950801890040052017100058953400530229965300470235265300480239985600430244799900190249076092UtSlPG20260610134748.0mcr n260607r20251864utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7ait2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aDumas, Alexandre,d1802-187010aMemorie di Emma Lyonna, vol. 4/8 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-05-14  aBarbara 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.)  a"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.)  pOriginally published:cMilano: Daelli e C., 1864  aHamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815 -- Fiction  aFrench fiction -- Translations into Italian40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76092  c116817d116817