1576. Capriccia—Caprice—an Italian countess living in Venice has the money and desire to live the life of her dreams. An artist and writer, she indulges her passions, which also include the Visconti twins. Taking the two men as her lovers, she flouts convention and manages to shock the unshockable elite.
And then the mysterious Frenchman Philippe-Auguste arrives and easily seduces Caprice. The Visconti twins are incensed. Unfortunately, the French count turns out to be a vampire who seduces all three of the lovers, wanting them for himself. But just as their romantic and sexual heat intensify, the Black Plague breaks out and wipes out half of Venice.
Caprice finds herself being buried in a mass grave, the grave diggers attempting to insert a brick in her mouth, the custom for suspected vampires in medieval times. She is saved by Philippe-Auguste, but where are the twins? Will they find them before it's too late?
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