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Excerpt from Life of Victor Emmanuel II: First King of Italy
I confess that I have been partly induced to under take a Life of the Honest King, in whose career England has always taken a warm interest, by observing how English and American travellers, who do not read Italian books, and who see only the surface of things, receive as undoubted facts every false report set on foot by the malignity of a party whose defeat naturally renders them bitter.
Victor Emmanuel, from the day he succeeded his father on the field of Novara, distinguished himself by a rectitude of purpose, so strikingly at variance with the conduct of the other Italian princes, that his subjects dubbed him R? Galantuomo - a title soon endorsed by the rest of Europe.
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I confess that I have been partly induced to under take a Life of the Honest King, in whose career England has always taken a warm interest, by observing how English and American travellers, who do not read Italian books, and who see only the surface of things, receive as undoubted facts every false report set on foot by the malignity of a party whose defeat naturally renders them bitter.
Victor Emmanuel, from the day he succeeded his father on the field of Novara, distinguished himself by a rectitude of purpose, so strikingly at variance with the conduct of the other Italian princes, that his subjects dubbed him R? Galantuomo - a title soon endorsed by the rest of Europe.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
G. S. Godkin
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780656124589
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 407
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Author
G. S. Godkin
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330526071
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 409
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