Villa of Mysteries, interior, Room of Mysteries, west wall, Domina

Pompeii (deserted settlement), Italy

Villa Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Perseus and Andromeda in Landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; 6 ft. 1 3/4 in.x 3 ft. 11 in.; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, interior, Cubiculum (Bedroom) M, rear wall

Boscoreale, Italy; fresco

Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, interior, Cubiculum (Bedroom) M, right wall, second panel

Boscoreale, Italy; fresco

Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, interior, Cubiculum (Bedroom) M, rear wall

Boscoreale, Italy; fresco

Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, interior, Cubiculum (Bedroom) M, left wall

Boscoreale, Italy; fresco

Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, interior, Cubiculum (Bedroom) M, right wall

Boscoreale, Italy; fresco

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall, Aedicula with a small landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall, center panel, Aedicula with a small landscape: detail of the landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, reconstruction, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Perseus and Andromeda in Landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; 5 ft. 2 61/64 in.x 3 ft. 10 3/4 in.; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Egyptianizing scene and a pair of swans: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

The Napoleonic empire in southern Italy and the rise of the secret societies;

Appendices: A. The miracle of San Gennaro.--B. Table of measures and moneys.--C. House of Bourbon; House of Bonaparte: The Hapsburg, Bonaparte, Bourbon alliances.--D. Mary Caroline's memoirs.--E. Castlereagh's falsified dispatches.--F. Ferdinand's proclamation, 1st of May 1815.--G. Treaty of the holy alliance.--H. Carbonaro discourse.--I. Ferdinand's invitation to Laybach.--K. Bibliography for the political history of the kingdom of Naples, 1805-1821.