The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini


The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini: Captain of Banditti is a by the German writer Christian August Vulpius. It was first published in four volumes by Wienbrack in Leipzig in 1798.

Plot

The novel is about, a successful and fearsome bandit leader in the Kingdom of Naples in the 18th century.

Sequels

Although the main character dies at the end, popular demand prompted Vulpius to bring him back for a sequel, published in two volumes in 1800 as Ferrandino. Fortsetzung des Räuberhauptmanns Rinaldini. Several other authors wrote their own sequels or associated stories, such as Gräfin Dionora Mortagno, Rinaldo Rinaldinis Geliebte by J. J. Brückner and Dolko, der Bandit, Zeitgenosse Rinaldo Rinaldinis by.

Adaptations

The History of Rinaldo Rinaldini was the basis for the 1927 German film Rinaldo Rinaldini and the 1968 French-West German TV series .