George Castriot, Surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from George Castriot, Surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania I am aware that the character and exploits of Scanderbeg are treated in a very cavalier and incredulous manner by Gibbon.* But it seems unnecessary to attempt the remo val of particular objections, when that author has himself stated that, With such unequal arms, Scanderbeg resisted twenty-three years the powers of the Ottoman empire, and two conquerors, Amurath the second, and his greater son, were repeatedly baf¿ed by a rebel, whom they pursued with seeming contempt and hplacable resentment. Again, Gibbon says, His sepulchre was soon violated by the Turk ish conquerors but the Janizaries, who wore his bones en chased in a bracelet, declared by this superstitious amulet their voluntary reverence for his valor. 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.