Ettore Fieramosca o la disfida di Barletta

Synopsis of Ettore Fieramosca o la disfida di Barletta

Published in 1833 and set in 16th-century Barletta, 'Ettore Fieramosca o la disfida di Barletta' tells the story of an insult by a French soldier towards Italian knights, which is avenged by the latter with intrepid spirit. Alongside the military disputes, the novel highlights the unhappy love between Ettore and Ginevra and the tormented passions of Elvira and Fanfulla da Lodi. It is a romantic world in which Fieramosca emerges as an emblem of chivalric virtue and a hero of national identity ante litteram.