The King of Rome - A Play in Five Acts (Paperback)

Charles Desnoyer (1806-1858) and Leon Beauvallet (1828-1885) were French playwrights of the mid-nineteenth century. THE KING OF ROME focuses on the Emperor Napoleon's only son, the Duke of Reichstadt, who was held a captive by his maternal grandfather, the Emperor of Austria. Fearing that he would emulate his father or be used by a Napoleonic conspiracy to capture the French throne, the Duke was kept in ignorance of his father's identity, as well as of the basic facts of recent European history; and an attempt was also made to debauch his morals, in order to discredit his name if he did escape. This play traces the attempt of a French soldier to penetrate the Austrian palace where the boy was kept, as part of a failed attempt to free him from his "prison"; and the awakening of the younger Napoleon to an awareness of his deadly family heritage. First-rate political drama by two accomplished writers

General

Imprint:	Borgo Press,The
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	Charles Desnoyer • Leon. Beauvallet
Translators:	Frank J. Morlock
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-1-4344-4461-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	1-4344-4461-9
Barcode:	9781434444615

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