"Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten" by Marie Corelli is a romance novel published in 1886. After being mistakenly declared dead during a cholera outbreak, Italian Count Fabio Romani escapes his tomb and discovers his wife and best friend have been conducting an affair. Adopting a new identity as wealthy bachelor Cesare Oliva, the count orchestrates an elaborate scheme of revenge against those who betrayed him. Corelli's second novel became a popular success despite receiving mixed critical reviews. (This is an automatically generated summary.)