Venice, the City of the Sea, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from Venice, the City of the Sea, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Invasion by Napoleon in 1797 to the Capitulation to Radetzky in 1849These volumes do not aspire to the dignity of History. Should they supply a deficiency in the Literature of the day, and afford the future historian a digest of material, they will have subserved their purpose.That a comprehensive view of Venice as she once was and as she now is, together with a sketch of her invasion by Napoleon and her fall in '97 after fourteen centuries of ¿ourishing existence, has long been a desideratum, every tourist in North Italy is aware, while it is certainly remarkable, that, among the numberless volumes of Revolution Literature since '48 - 49, not one has appeared to record in detail the heroic struggle of the City of the Sea. Had such a work in any language appeared, the present would never, pro bably, have had existence, although, doubtless, an American pen can always render' events in another land more comprehensible to an American reader, than could even a native of that land himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.