This series has two easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Sultan Attempts Reform.IntroductionBy the destruction of the
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Messina Joins the Revolution
Today's installment concludes The Sicilian Vespers,our selection from History of the War of the Sicilian Vespers by Michele Amari published in
Revolutionaries Turn Towards Messina
The great object toward which every effort was directed was to gain over Messina to the cause of the revolution, for all comprehended the importance
The Sicilian Revolution Spreads
The forces assembled and sent forth in three divisions -- one to the left toward Cefalu, one to the right upon Calatafimi, and the third toward the
American History and the Battle Between 1619 and 1776
by David FrenchPublisher's Note. This essay is from The Dispatch, a new publication we highly recommend. The Dispatch's note to the email of this
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 2
Frontenac was fifty-two years old when he landed at Quebec. If time had done little to cure his many faults, it had done nothing to weaken the springs
Sicily Declares Itself a Republic
Trumpets and Moorish kettle-drums sounded, and thousands upon thousands of voices uttered the joyous cry of "The Republic and Liberty!"Continuing
The Massacre of the French
The struggle was brief, and great the slaughter of the Sicilians; but of the French there were two hundred -- and two hundred fell!Continuing The
The Sicilian Vespers
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Resistance to the French Yoke.IntroductionUnder Frederic II, Emperor of