Excerpt from The Making of Italy 1856-1870 It may be well to say a few words as to the authorities, on which is based the following narrative of the formation of the Italian Kingdom. For the most part it is founded on information derived from Piedmontese and Italian sources, and on official documents, despatches and reports. These are referred to wherever they are quoted. For the Franco-Austrian campaign of 1859 I have chiefly followed the official narrative of the war subsequently published by the French Staff under the title of "Campagne de l'Empereur Napoleon III. en Italie," supplementing and occasionally correcting it from other sources, and making use of the excellent critical analysis of the campaign to be found in the writings of General Hamley, since Napier' one of the best English writers on military matters. For the Garibaldian campaigns of 1859-1862, I have made use almost exclusively of the narratives of Garibaldian and Italianist sympathizers - Commander Forbes, Colonel Chambers, M. de la Varenne, and others. In relating the inner history of the revolution in Sicily and Naples, I have made copious extracts from Admiral Persano's diary and correspondence with Cavour, published at Florence in 1869, a work which deserves to be better known in England and in America. The account of the "brigandage" rests mainly on statements made in the Parliaments of Turin and West-minster, and on Italian official documents. 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.