Red-Letter Days Abroad (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Red-Letter Days Abroad What wonder that with such a situation Toledo has been besieged more than a score of times? What marvel that every conqueror who beholds it covets and resolves to have it? For what a history has this gloomy, castle-crowned city! Founded long before the Christian era by the Phoenicians, it was afterward the resort of the Jews, who ¿ed hither after the destruction of Jerusalem, only to find this city also ruled by the all-conquering Romans. Then came the Goths, who drove the Romans out of Spain, as they had previously crushed Rome in Italy. To these again succeeded the Moors, who, perched like eagles on these rocky heights, bade defiance to their foes for centuries. But finally they too were driven forth by another set of conquerors, namely, the Christians, who having gained possession of these historic cliffs have ever since retained them. 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.