Wanderings in Corsica: Its History and Its Heroes. Vol. 1 of 2
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Chapters (378)
- WANDERINGS IN CORSICA: ITS HISTORY AND ITS HEROES.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- BOOK I.—HISTORY.
- CHAP. I.—EARLIEST ACCOUNTS.
- CHAPTER II. THE GREEKS, ETRUSCANS, CARTHAGINIANS, AND ROMANS IN CORSICA.
- CHAPTER III. STATE OF THE ISLAND DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD.
- CHAPTER IV. COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEDIÆVAL PERIOD.
- CHAPTER V. FEUDALISM IN CORSICA—THE LEGISLATOR SAMBUCUCCIO.
- CHAPTER VI. THE PISANS IN CORSICA.
- CHAPTER VII. PISA OR GENOA?—GIUDICE DELLA ROCCA.
- CHAPTER VIII. COMMENCEMENT OF GENOESE SUPREMACY—CORSICAN COMMUNISTS.
- CHAPTER IX. STRUGGLES WITH GENOA—ARRIGO DELLA ROCCA.
- CHAPTER X. VINCENTELLO D'ISTRIA.
- CHAPTER XI. THE BANK OF ST. GEORGE OF GENOA.
- CHAPTER XII. PATRIOTIC STRUGGLES—GIAMPOLO DA LECA—RENUCCIO DELLA ROCCA.
- CHAPTER XIII. STATE OF CORSICA UNDER THE BANK OF ST. GEORGE.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE PATRIOT SAMPIERO.
- CHAPTER XV. SAMPIERO—FRANCE AND CORSICA.
- CHAPTER XVI. SAMPIERO IN EXILE—HIS WIFE VANNINA.
- CHAPTER XVII. RETURN OF SAMPIERO—STEPHEN DORIA.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEATH OF SAMPIERO.
- CHAPTER XIX. SAMPIERO'S SON, ALFONSO—TREATY WITH GENOA.
- BOOK II.—HISTORY.
- CHAPTER I. STATE OF CORSICA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY—A GREEK COLONY ESTABLISHED ON THE ISLAND.
- CHAPTER II. INSURRECTION AGAINST GENOA.
- CHAPTER III. SUCCESSES AGAINST GENOA, AND GERMAN MERCENARIES—PEACE CONCLUDED.
- CHAPTER IV. RECOMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES—DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE—DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION OF COSTA.
- CHAPTER V. BARON THEODORE VON NEUHOFF.
- CHAPTER VI. THEODORE I., KING OF CORSICA.
- CHAPTER VII. GENOA IN DIFFICULTIES—AIDED BY FRANCE—THEODORE EXPELLED HIS KINGDOM.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE FRENCH REDUCE CORSICA—NEW INSURRECTION—THE PATRIOT GAFFORI.
- CHAPTER IX. PASQUALE PAOLI.
- CHAPTER X. PAOLI'S LEGISLATION.
- CHAPTER XI. CORSICA UNDER PAOLI—TRAFFIC IN NATIONS—VICTORIES OVER THE FRENCH.
- CHAPTER XII. THE DYING STRUGGLE.
- BOOK III.—WANDERINGS IN THE SUMMER OF 1852.
- CHAPTER I.—ARRIVAL IN CORSICA.
- CHAPTER II. THE CITY OF BASTIA.
- CHAPTER III. ENVIRONS OF BASTIA.
- CHAPTER IV. FRANCESCO MARMOCCHI OF FLORENCE—THE GEOLOGY OF CORSICA.
- CHAPTER V. A SECOND LESSON, THE VEGETATION OF CORSICA.
- CHAPTER VI. LEARNED MEN.
- CHAPTER VII. CORSICAN STATISTICS—RELATION OF CORSICA TO FRANCE.
- CHAPTER VIII. BRACCIAMOZZO, THE BANDIT.
- CHAPTER IX. THE VENDETTA, OR REVENGE TO THE DEATH.
- CHAPTER X. BANDIT LIFE.
- BOOK IV.—WANDERINGS IN CORSICA.
- CHAPTER I. SOUTHERN PART OF CAPE CORSO.
- CHAPTER II. FROM BRANDO TO LURI.
- CHAPTER III. PINO.
- CHAPTER IV. THE TOWER OF SENECA.
- CHAPTER V. SENECA MORALE.
- CHAPTER VI. SENECA BIRBONE.
- CHAPTER VII. SENECA EROE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THOUGHTS OF A BRIDE.
- CHAPTER IX. CORSICAN SUPERSTITIONS.
- BOOK V.—WANDERINGS IN CORSICA.
- CHAPTER I. VESCOVATO AND THE CORSICAN HISTORIANS.
- CHAPTER II. ROUSSEAU AND THE CORSICANS.
- CHAPTER III. THE MORESCA—ARMED DANCE OF THE CORSICANS.
- CHAPTER IV. JOACHIM MURAT.
- CHAPTER V. VENZOLASCA—CASABIANCA—THE OLD CLOISTER.
- CHAPTER VI. HOSPITALITY AND FAMILY LIFE IN ORETO—THE CORSICAN ANTIGONE.
- THE CORSICAN ANTIGONE.
- CHAPTER VII. A RIDE THROUGH THE DISTRICT OF OREZZA TO MOROSAGLIA.
- CHAPTER VIII. PASQUALE PAOLI.
- CHAPTER IX. PAOLI'S BIRTHPLACE.
- CHAPTER X. CLEMENS PAOLI.
- CHAPTER XI. THE OLD HERMIT.
- CHAPTER XII. THE BATTLE-FIELD OF PONTE NUOVO.
- FOOTNOTES
- CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY OF FOREIGN LITERATURE.
- Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature.
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