by
Flora Kimmich (Translator), Friedrich Schiller (author), John Guthrie (editor)
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Within two years of the success of his first play Die Räuber on the German stage in 1781, Schiller wrote a drama based on a rebellion in sixteenth century Italy, its title: The Conspiracy of Fiesco at Genoa. A Republican Tragedy. At the head of the conspiracy stood Gian Luigi de’ Fieschi (1524-1547),...