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Mirror: presented to His Sicilian Majesty, Great Britain, and the allied sovereigns reflecting political facts of the utmost importance, calculated to undeceive them; hitherto unpublished.
Verlag: London: Printed for Robert Stodart, S1, Strand, ., 1821
Anbieter: Antiquariat Dasa Pahor GbR, München, Deutschland
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8°: XII with a lithographed signature on the back of the title page and with interleaved etched portrait and paper guard, pp. 20-351, [1] blank, three quarter blue morocco with blue linen boards, gilt embossed lines on boards, spine with gilt embossed decoration, raised bands, two red spine labels with gilt embossed titles, light blue marbled endpapers, gilt top edge, uncut fore edge and lower edge, some pages uncut (Very Good, minor staining on the boards, tiny tears in paper guard) FINE BINDING SICILY NAPOLEONICA: A superb example, handsomely bound in a fine three quarter blue morocco, probably from the library of Napoleon II. The present work concerns the efforts of Lieutenant-General William Bentinck, the British envoy to the royal court of Sicily from 1811 to 1814, to robustly interfere in that island's internal affairs, to compel it to adopt a liberal constitution and to form a special defensive-commercial alliance with Britain. The story is a fascinating drama, with many curious twists and turns, that while largely forgotten today, it was then a pan-European cause célèbre. The book was written by Captain Francis (Francesco) Romeo, a Neapolitan soldier who served as a senior aid to Bentinck during his time in Sicily. It is historically valuable in that it provides an insider's account of the exciting events in Palermo. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy assume complete dominance over the Mediterranean. Britain assumed possession of Malta and the Ionian Islands wition to Gibraltar, served as excellent operational bases. Britain, at the height of its imperial ambition, proceeded to employ its maritime power to significantly interfere in the internal politics of various Mediterranean islands and coastal regions for the first time. It was in this context, that Britain become heavily involved in the affairs of Sicily. Circling back, upon the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, Sicily was part of the Kingdom of Sicily, that controlled the island, plus much of southern mainland Italy; for this reason, the country was often called the 'Two Sicilies.' The realm was ruled by Ferdinand I, who was heavily swayed by his headstrong wife, Maria Carolina of Austria. In 1806, Napoleon's legions invaded the mainland part of the country, causing Ferdinand's court to move from Naples to Palermo, whereupon it sought British protection. CHECK OUR WEB-PAGE FOR A LONGER DESCRIP.
