A Century of Despotism in Naples and Sicily (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Century of Despotism in Naples and SicilyTee kingdom of Naples includes the whole southern portion of the Italian Peninsula, from the Papal States, near the opening of the basin of the Lake of Fondi on the western shore, and the mouth of the Tronto on the eastern, to Capes Spartivento and St. Maria di Leuca in the south. Its length is about 400 miles, and the greatest breadth, from sea to sea, 300. A coast line of nearly 1500 miles exposes the kingdom an easy prey to every invader, while the singular beauty and fertility of the country has ever been a temptation to the lawless ambition of adven turers, or of monarchs bent on conquest. This may help to explain the constant change of rulers, which has weakened the respect for law and government in the people, while giving them a character for fickleness, because they are only too ready to welcome any change of task-masters.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.