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Adelchi
Sign in to saveAdelchi () is the second tragedy written by Alessandro Manzoni. Set on the Italian Peninsula, the play was first published in 1822. The main character is Adelchis, the son of the last Lombard King Desiderius, torn by the inner conflict between his father's will and his own desire for peace.
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- Author
- Alessandro Manzoni
- First published
- 1934
- Editions
- 14
- Subjects
- Translations into French
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Adelchi () is the second tragedy written by Alessandro Manzoni. Set on the Italian Peninsula, the play was first published in 1822. The main character is Adelchis, the son of the last Lombard King Desiderius, torn by the inner conflict between his father's will and his own desire for peace.
== Synopsis == The tragedy has five acts and two choruses: it bears a touching dedication to Manzoni's wife, Henriette Blondel. Set in the 8th century, during the struggle between Franks and Lombards for the domination of Italy, it dramatizes the defeat of the Lombard king Desiderius and his son Adelchis by the Frankish emperor Charlemagne.