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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
By the end of 1793, this Corsican patriot had emerged as a rising star of the French Republic. In his book The Social Contract (1762), Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote of Corsica ...
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French court cracks down on Corsican language use in local assembly
The picturesque island of Corsica is an integral part of the French republic, but enjoys more autonomy, notably in cultural and education matters, than other French regions. Relations between the ...