D'Auvergne, Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) · London, T.W. Laurie · leaf 268
reserved. It must be admitted that its conversion into amuseum has very effectively disguised the old castle-palace of the dukes of Milan. It is difficult to re-people chambers filled with glass-cases and bespectacledtourists with the courtly and sombre occupants of otherdays, whose souls would no… … CHAPTER X FERRARA AND ESTE Ferrara is a city that should be dear to the devoteeof monarchy and strong man rule. It is practicallythe creation of its princes of the antique brood ofEste. By them it was dragged from obscurity, withtheir departure it relapsed into the deepest shadowof history. Its…
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