Initially, the author titled the novel "Buried Alive," but the publisher insisted on the more intriguing title "Vendetta: The Story of One Forgotten." Due to the shared themes of betrayal and carefully orchestrated revenge, the work is often compared to "The Count of Monte Cristo." The year is 1884, and Naples is gripped by a cholera epidemic. Count Fabio Romani lives in a happy marriage with his beautiful wife, Nina, in a magnificent villa amidst orange groves. One morning, while taking a walk by the harbor, he suddenly falls into a coma for unknown reasons, but those around him assume he has also died of cholera. Some time later, Fabio wakes up in a coffin in the Romani family crypt. He manages to escape, and rushes home to his wife and daughter. But instead of a warm welcome, he accidentally overhears a conversation between Nina and his friend Guido, who, it turns out, were not mourning him at all, but rather rejoicing in his death, as he would no longer stand in the way of their affair. Fabio's heart is broken; he resolves to take revenge on them and goes into hiding. Six months later, a mysterious Count Cesare Oliva appears in society—an influential and attractive man who inspires both admiration and curiosity...
Author: Marie Corelli
Translation: Yulia Motseenko
Pages: 480 (offset). Paperback
Dimensions: 200х130х30 mm
Series: Magistral. Vstrechnoye dvizheniye
