This book is a collection of three plays written by in 1821 while Byron was in Italy. 'Sardanapalus' is a historical tragedy in blank verse, set in ancient Nineveh and recounting the fall of the Assyrian monarchy and its supposed last king. 'The Two Foscari' is a verse play in five acts set in Venice in the mid-15th century and is loosely based on the true story of the downfall of doge Francesco Foscari and his son Jacopo. This play formed the basis of Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'I due Foscari'. Finally, 'Cain' is a dramatic work based on the story of Cain and Abel from Cain's point of view. Cain is an example of the literary genre known as closet drama (not performed on stage but done by a single reader). The book is in good condition, with some minor damage to the external dust jacket. The book is a former library book and has a number of stamps and stickers inside, but otherwise internally the pages are clean and the binding strong.