Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 
Ferdinando Eboli 

Told as a story within a story, ‘Ferdinando Eboli’ is set in Naples, Italy. The unnamed narrator describes himself as living in a peaceful era void of all thrilling wars such as the Napoleonic wars. The narrator has a much romanticized outlook on war and fears that the people of his era will soon forget the iconic names of Europe’s great conquerors. Of these many tales, the narrator chooses to recite the story of ‘Ferdinando Eboli’ which occurred during Murat’s reign. (courtesy of mary-shelley-wikia.com)