Scarpia enrolls in the papal army and is soon taken up by a countess eager to have a handsome young officer at her side. She introduces Scarpia into Roman society, and he is both enthralled and agitated by its mix of religiosity, sophistication, decadence, and intrigue. Then, on a mission to Venice, he meets the gifted, beautiful singer Floria Tosca. And as the armies of revolutionary France advance into Italy, and war and revolution engulf the whole peninsula, these two lives become entwined.
Steeped in factual detail and exploring the lives—part historical, part fictional—of figures from Puccini's famous opera, Scarpia shines a light into dusty corridors of history and dark corners of the human soul.
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March 1, 2016 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781632863256
- File size: 1099 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781632863256
- File size: 870 KB
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Languages
- English
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