Corsica, Picturesque, Historical, and Social: With a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon, and an Account of the Bonaparte, Paoli, Pozzo Di Borgo, and Other Principal Families (Classic Reprint)

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Is the summer of last year, I made a journey to the island of Corsica, to which I was attracted as much by its unexplored solitudes, and the grandeur of its scenery, as by the original character of its people. I had not proposed to myself the extensive tour which I subsequently made, but like the traveller in the fable, I was lured on by some fasci nating spell, from step to step, into its beautiful mountains and valleys. The fruit of my summer's wanderings is the following book, which I hope may be kindly received.

The history of the Corsicans, as-sternly rugged as their mountains, and as wondrous as their own natures, has an entirely exclusive charac ter; it may therefore be described in an abridged or detailed form, and in either it will awaken an interest like that of a man of extraordinary organisation. Corsica would still be worthy of the admiration of the world though it had not produced a Napoleon, for its insular annals abound in striking illustrations of human excellence, and actions of the loftiest valour and virtue. Its history will explain much that seems mysterious in the character of Napoleon, and will contribute to a better understanding of the nature of that great man.

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