The Founding of the German Empire by William I, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Founding of the German Empire by William I, Vol. 4: Based Chiefly Upon Prussian State Documents While Prussia with the liberation of Schleswig Holstein attained the first stage in her great career, the Emperor Napoleon also made an important move preparatory to the realization of his favorite old idea, the completion of the national independence of Italy. In this matter many things had happened, as we know, contrary to his hopes. He had wished to force the Austrians out of Italy, and then to give to the States of the peninsula a confederate constitution under the headship of the Pope. But Prussia's inter ference had forced him to leave Venetia to the Emperor Francis Joseph, whereupon the population of Central Italy, and unfortunately also of the Papal Legations and Marches, united, as did finally Sicily and Naples, with Piedmont, so that instead of an Italian Con federation a unified Kingdom of Italy arose. Napoleon had permitted, in return for the cession of Savoy and Nice, what he could not decently prevent. 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.