The Crossroads of Destiny
John P. Ritter
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Feb. 13, 2019)
Excerpt from The Crossroads of DestinyIT was near the close of the fifteenth century, when Italy was divided into innumerable little principalities, and every walled town claimed independence as a state; a period of intrigue and constant warfare, waged by every petty prince and duke to perpetuate his right of sovereignty over his vassals, or to extend his empire by conquest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.