Valperga (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)

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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Valperga (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castruccio Castracani, one of the most celebrated captains of his time, lived in the fourteenth century. He was of the family of the Antelminelli of Lucca; and, having at a very early age borne arms in favour of the Ghibelines, he was exiled by the Gue;phs. He served not long after in the armies of Philip king of France, who made war on the Flemings. In the sequel he repassed the Alps; and, having joined Uguccione Faggiuola, chief of the Ghibelines of Tuscany, he reduced Lucca, Pistoia, and several other towns. He became the ally of the emperor Louis of Bavaria, against pope John XXII, Robert king of Naples, and the Florentines. Louis of Bavaria gave him the investiture of Lucca under the denomination of Duke, together with the title of Senator of Rome. Nothing seemed able to oppose his courage and good fortune, when he was taken off by a premature death in 1330, in the forty -seventh year of his age.-Pref.

Valperga (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)

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