La Sanfelice

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La Sanfelice
Author Alexandre Dumas
LanguageFrench
Genre Historical novel
Publication date
1864
Media typePrint

La Sanfelice (or La San Felice) is an 1864 novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. [1] It depicts the arrest and execution in Naples of Luisa Sanfelice, who was accused of conspiring with the French and their supporters against Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies during the French Revolutionary War. Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, who were in Naples at the time, also feature as characters.

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Film adaptations

In 1942 the novel was used as the basis for the historical film Luisa Sanfelice directed by Leo Menardi. The 1968 film Emma Hamilton directed by Christian-Jaque was also loosely based on the novel. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani made a television film Luisa Sanfelice in 2004.

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  1. Maxwell p.275

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