In the dark alleys and back streets of Venice lurks an uncontrollable evil: Aballino, The Bravo of Venice. When the Neapolitan Count Rosalvo is called upon to rid the city of the Bravo, he is torn between his love for the Doge's niece Rosabella and a dark secret. An adaptation of J. H. D. Zschokke's popular German Romance Aballino, Der Grosse Bandit (1794, The Bravo of Venice is brought to life by the master of Gothic horror, Matthew "Monk" Lewis.
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English novelist, poet and dramatist, Matthew Lewis was popular for his Gothic writings and for introducing German Romantic literature to English readers. Although he had a short insignificant political career, his main interests were literary to the end.
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