CHAPTER VII

THE DOWNFALL OF THRONES

Garibaldi arrives—Venice under Manin—The Dissolution of the
Temporal Power—Republics at Rome and Florence......[120]

CHAPTER VIII

AT BAY

Novara—Abdication of Charles Albert—Brescia crushed—French
Intervention—The Fall of Rome—The Fall of Venice..........[137]

CHAPTER IX

'J'ATTENDS MON ASTRE'

The House of Savoy—A King who Keeps his Word—Sufferings of the
Lombards—Charles Albert's death...................................[165]

CHAPTER X