Rienzi (novel)
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| Author | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Saunders and Otley |
Publication date | 1835 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Rienzi: The Last of the Tribunes is an 1835 historical novel by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Published in three volumes, it was inspired by the life of the 14th century Italian politician Cola di Rienzo.[1]
The German composer Richard Wagner based his 1842 opera Rienzi on the novel. The English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt created an 1849 painting, Rienzi, drawn from a scene in the novel. He displayed it at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1849 with a quote from the novel.[2]
