Beatrice Cenci

Beatrice Cenci

Author

Alberto Moravia

Language

Italian

Year

1958

Country

Italy

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

modern europe

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Beatrice Cenci was an Italian noblewoman imprisoned and repeatedly raped by her own father. She killed him, and was tried for murder. Despite outpourings of public sympathy, Cenci was beheaded in 1599 after a murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend.