Cronache napoletane

Six true stories plucked from dormant archives and anonymous memoirs that conceal the scandals of the most powerful families of the Kingdom of Naples, from the 15th to the 18th century. Prince Carlo Gesualdo, a composer of enduring fame, murdered his adulterous wife and her lover; Lavinia, the nun, and Pier Francesco, whose erotic follies ravage the convent of Sant'Arcangelo, a place of abominations; Masaniello, the lazzarone poisoned by absolute power, acclaimed, beheaded, and venerated by a delirious populace; Tiberio de Vera, a sodomite destined for exemplary punishment; Tirinella and Alvise, massacred during their nocturnal pastimes; the beautiful and mysterious Orsola, who will never confess to the crime of her mistress, Doña Gaetanina Escobar...