"Andrea Delfin: Eine venezianische Novelle" by Paul Heyse is a novella written in 1859. Set in 1762 Venice, it follows Andrea Delfin, a young nobleman seeking vengeance against the city's secret Inquisitors, whom he blames for his siblings' deaths. Armed with three engraved daggers, Andrea infiltrates Venetian society as a spy while plotting assassination. He becomes entangled with Countess Leonora and befriends an Austrian diplomat, leading to a tragic case of mistaken identity that transforms his mission of revenge into devastating personal loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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