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Narrative Interlude #28: Camillo, call me Ferdinando
Villa Pindemonte, 5 April 1848, Early Morning (continued)

Ferdinando appeared to be lost in thought, therefore Camillo di Cavour opened the dance:
"As good as you have proven to be on the battlefield, I feel compelled to say that you're even more skilled in the realms of politics and diplomacy. You have landed at least two good blows, while sparring with Monsignor Corboli Bussi, and this is no little praise, since the Monsignore is recognized by all as a very canny and experienced diplomat. The days when the court of Turin danced at the tune of the Nuncio and the Societa' di Amicizia Cattolica are finally over, and not a day too early in my opinion. I thank Your Highness for starting my day on such a high note.
"Careful, Camillo. This is just one of the first skirmishes, and sparring with the Catholic Church any mistake is going to cost a very high price. This said, I must admit that I feel reasonably proud of myself too, and this does not happen every day. It looks like today is going to be a day for celebration and revels, taking into account the midday event in which my sister will play the lead role. From now on, you will address me as Ferdinando, whenever we are in private. I am getting tired with all these "Your Royal Highness" and "Your Lieutenancy", and I want to be able to relax at least when I am a trusted friend. It's a small gift, but as I said to the Monsignore, war is a costly business."
For once, the Count was left without words.
"Ferdinando, today you have given me two gifts, and the second was even greater than the first: being called by you a "trusted friend" is worth more to me than any title or recompense." There was a suspicious glint in Cavour's eyes, but it went away quickly, and the Count continued: " Let me give you a brief report about yesterday night at Villa Borghi: it was an interesting pageant from any point you look at it, and if I have to deal with these characters for years to come, I will not fear boredom. For a starter, your sister threw the divine right of kings on the ground, and stomped on it with her dainty feet."
"She did what?" Ferdinando was aghast.
"When she met the Sicilian delegates, Prof. Stabile, recognizing her, started to kneel. Your sister stopped him immediately, saying that the crown would be offered to her by the elected parliament of a free people, and she would never ask any of her subjects to kneel in front of her. It was her first master coup, by which she immediately won the hearts of the Sicilian delegation, but she has a second one in her sleeve for today. I will not disclose it to avoid ruining her surprise, but you will like it. Let me tell you that I have had nothing to do with any of her moves yesterday, but I have no more any doubt that she is going to be a splendid Queen. I'm also pleased to tell you that Henri d'Orleans is already playing his role of Prince Consort like a professional.
With your agreement, I will ask Pier Carlo Boggio, one of my best journalists, to write a piece about the offer of the crown, and to report also the words your sister spoke. They cannot be kept a secret anyway: I can bet the Sicilians are already writing home, telling the story, therefore let us use it for out purposes too. The reactionaries are not going to love us whatever we do, but we may score a few good points among liberal and democrats."
"It looks like my sister has grown a lot, since she married Henri, and went to live in Algiers. I agree with you, the cat will be out of the bag anyway, and it can help us to show that the Savoy Queen is a woman of the modern times, not mired in the past. Is everything ready for the offer of the crown?
"Everything is ready, of course. There will be the offer of the crown, a review of Sicilian volunteers, and then a collation will be served here at Villa Pindemonte. Everything is also ready for the opera performance that our friends from Venice has so kindly organized, as well as for the dinner and the ball which will follow. After the collation, everyone will move to Villa Borghi."
"A day for celebration and revels indeed. Tell me more about yesterday night. How was the mood at Villa Borghi?"
"Pretty good, I would say. There was a sense of easy camaraderie, even if these people were coming from very different parts of Italy, and also from different social backgrounds. Giuseppe Mazzini was very busy pontificating all the night: the man should have taken Holy Orders. No need to bore you to death by recounting his homily, but there is a single sentence that has been haunting me all the night. He said that in Paris maybe one man in fifteen is allowed the electoral franchise, but that the number of men who subscribe to a newspaper is at least 5 or 6 times larger, and if we consider the coffee houses, the wine shops and so on, probably two third of the men are interested in politics, and eager to discuss them. I am a newspaper editor, and I know his numbers stand up, even in normal times. Given the current events, I am sure that they should be revised sharply upwards. However, and to my shame, I never consciously noted the huge disparity between the many who are interested in politics and the few who are entitled to cast a vote. Something must be done, unless we plan to build a house on a foundation of sand."
Cavour took a breath and a sip of coffee before continuing:
"Princess Belgioioso has confirmed to me that the Milanese delegation will be on its best behavior, which is a nice thing to know. I am not really surprised: things are going really well, and besides the victory at Goito, there are a couple of other very good things which have happened: the Most Serene Republic, for one, which is to your credit, and the kingdom of Sicily, where the credit goes to Prince Settimo. I do not know him personally, but Scialoia speaks very well of him. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has come down clearly on our side, notwithstanding the displeasure of the Church: I spoke at length with Marquis Capponi and Baron Ricasoli, and we left on best terms. Tuscany will support our strategy. Finally Ferdinando Carlo of Parma decided to grace our evening at Villa Borghi, possibly to impress the delegations from the Cispadanian duchies, but he failed on all fronts: the most kind remark made about him was "popinjay". It might be worth giving you a warning, though: your sister has met Cristina Belgioioso, and the two of them are fast friends now, on first name terms. Be warned, Ferdinando: whatever one of those ladies will not think of, the other will."
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You say that like it's a bad thing, Camillo... :p
For a starter, your sister threw the divine right of kings on the ground, and stomped on it with her dainty feet.
I'm surprised you did not castigate poor Camillo for this sentence too XD
Was it because he went on to say that it had been "a master coup", and wanted to circulate it on newspapers? ;)

The truth is that the Camillo Benso di Cavour who is one of the central movers-and-shakers of TTL is quite a different man from the one who lived and acted in our Timeline. IOTL he started playing at politics only in 1846-47, and became more serious only when he started publishing his newspaper (Il Risorgimento) in December 1847, but with all this he failed to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the first Constitutional Election of April 1848.
ITTL, he has been hobnobbing with Ferdinando since they met in London in 1838, and he has unavoidably been closer to the court, even if in a peripheral and unofficial way, given the antipathy of Carlo Alberto for him.
Then the war has been going much better, and has been planned much better, his beloved nephew has not been killed at Goito, and he has built a friendship with the future king which could not be more different from the tense relationship he always had with Vittorio Emanuele.
OTL Cavour never left Turin in 1848, TTL Cavour left immediately for Goito, and not just because he was concerned about his nephew: Cavour knew that Ferdinando needed him.
I suppose he can be easily forgiven his sharpish tongue and his witticisms :):)

PS: the Giuseppe Ferrari whom you mentioned in the first pages of this thread is going to get on the stage very soon. Stay tuned ;)
 
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PS: the Giuseppe Ferrari whom you mentioned in the first pages of this thread is going to get on the stage very soon. Stay tuned ;)

Shit, if those two ladies and Mazzini are enough to make Cavour shake his head in defeat, just wait until he makes the acquaintance of an actual socialist. :p

Since you hinted at alternate developments in Europe as a whole, I wonder if the pace of the timeline is going to get faster as soon as the peninsula is unified: if anyone were to cover the history of a continent in as much detail as you're covering the diplomacy of the Quarantotto, as much as I'd like to see that, there's the risk one could end up falling into the same trap George R. R. Martin fell. :p

Another shower thought, I found this PDF of a book about the history of sport in Italy, and a paragraph there struck me as yet another missed opportunity:

Mentre in Inghilterra, e successivamente negli altri paesi europei, la diffusione della mentalità sportiva consentì progressivamente che alcune discipline timidamente agonistiche uscissero dalla loro embrionalità e assumessero compiuta forma e dignità di sport, in Italia, caso certamente unico, avvenne un fenomeno contrario. Esisteva infatti, già nel Settecento, un gioco molto vicino alle caratteristiche dello sport moderno ma esso pagò il suo anticipo sui tempi e nel corso dell’Ottocento perse gradualmente importanza per poi quasi scomparire del tutto. [...] L'unificazione italiana avrebbe potuto conferirgli la spinta definitiva e fu invece la sua pietra tombale. Lo sport cessava, per tutto l’Ottocento, di essere una sana evasione per i giovani e un allontanamento dal vizio e diveniva un’iniezione di patriottismo. Il gioco del pallone, con i suoi furori campanilistici e l'inettitudine dei gesti atletici a divenire destrezza nelle armi e nella marcia, scontava questa inassoggettabilità allo spirito risorgimentale e conosceva una rapida e sorprendente decadenza. Particolare simbolicamente significativo, nelle aree precedentemente destinate al gioco venivano inaugurati poligoni di tiro. Il tiro a segno, unitamente alla scherma e alla già citata ginnastica, era lo sport che lo stato promuoveva. Garibaldi in persona si spostava da una parte all’altra della penisola per inaugurare i poligoni. La ginnastica, dal canto suo, non appena costituì la federazione tra le società, vi mise a capo Pelloux, futuro ministro della guerra.

Long story short, Italy already had a sporting tradition by the time England was coming up with football and rugby, but the centralism and militarism of Turin killed it because it was seen as un-patriotic and un-warlike. Given how most kids back then had a list of health issues the size of a serial killer's rap sheet, I think some purely recreational endeavours could've done them well.
 
Shit, if those two ladies and Mazzini are enough to make Cavour shake his head in defeat, just wait until he makes the acquaintance of an actual socialist. :p

Since you hinted at alternate developments in Europe as a whole, I wonder if the pace of the timeline is going to get faster as soon as the peninsula is unified: if anyone were to cover the history of a continent in as much detail as you're covering the diplomacy of the Quarantotto, as much as I'd like to see that, there's the risk one could end up falling into the same trap George R. R. Martin fell. :p

Another shower thought, I found this PDF of a book about the history of sport in Italy, and a paragraph there struck me as yet another missed opportunity:



Long story short, Italy already had a sporting tradition by the time England was coming up with football and rugby, but the centralism and militarism of Turin killed it because it was seen as un-patriotic and un-warlike. Given how most kids back then had a list of health issues the size of a serial killer's rap sheet, I think some purely recreational endeavours could've done them well.

I believe that very few events or persons caused Cavour to shake his head in defeat, or to loose the plot: VEII, for sure, and Louis Napoleon too, and he really lost his plot only after Villafranca. But then he always rebounded, and found ways to make bricks without straw and to turn problems into opportunities.
Certainly it's not the case of the two Cristinas: if anything, Cavour will use their "good instincts", as he calls it, to further his strategies and to work in favor of Ferdinando's plans (which are not yet completely firmed up in stone, but day by day are becoming more clear.

As far as Giuseppe Ferrari, I think you might end up a bit more surprised than Cavour. The Giuseppe Ferrari who arrives in Italy in 1848 is very different from the Giuseppe Ferrari who returns in 1859, and, in my opinion at least, the reasons for the change can be found in the very disappointing outcome of 1848 (and the equally disappointing outcome in his beloved France, where the hopes of the revolution of March withered, and ended up with the proclamation of the Second Empire. TTL is different, and I would anticipate that also Giuseppe Ferrari will be different too. Don't worry, though: he's not going to turn into a liberal milquetoast XD XD

I've given a quick look to the PDF you linked: it's interesting, but I have a feeling the some of the conclusions are a bit forced.
Take the "gioco del pallone" : it was not played just in Italy, but in England too since a few centuries. Obviously it was not codified at all: fundamentally, it was a kind of free-for-all, two "mobs" playing against each other to get a ball into goal, but scoring a point was not as important as hitting, biting and kicking the opponents.
The reason for which codified sports like rugby and soccer (and don't forget cricket) came from England is because the industrial revolution and the raise of the bourgeoisie came decades earlier than in other parts of Europe, and the bourgeoisie wanted to imitate their betters. Soccer in particular does not require a lot of equipment, just a ball in the end. OTOH, shooting clubs were widely diffused everywhere, in particular in the Germanies, because of hunting, but also because in the towns and cities men were often member of the town militia. Gymnastic societies became popular because they were usually tolerated by reactionary regimes (and choral societies were very popular too, for similar reasons): a reading club, however, would have attracted an unwelcome interest by the police ;)
 
Since you hinted at alternate developments in Europe as a whole, I wonder if the pace of the timeline is going to get faster as soon as the peninsula is unified: if anyone were to cover the history of a continent in as much detail as you're covering the diplomacy of the Quarantotto, as much as I'd like to see that, there's the risk one could end up falling into the same trap George R. R. Martin fell. :p
I had forgotten to answer this fair point. The events in Isola della Scala are reported in painstaking details, and I do understand why you make the reference to GoT.
Consider anyway that this TL is intended to narrate a story from an Italo-centric POV, and what's happening in early April '48 between Villa Pindemonte and Villa Borghi is going to be the reason for which the future history of Italy will follow a very different path.
Please be patient: once the Italian political situation is sorted, the pace will quicken :)
 
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I had forgotten to answer this fair point. The events in Isola della Scala are reported in painstaking details, and I do understand why you make the reference to GoT.
Consider anyway that this TL is intended to narrate a story from an Italo-centric POV, and what's happening in early April '48 between Villa Pindemonte and Villa Borghi is going to be the reason for which the future history of Italy is going to follow a very different path.
Please be patient: once the Italian political situation is sorted, the pace will quicken :)

Don't worry, I'm enjoying the story, but since I know a professional writer that has to deal with writer's block on a daily basis, to the point of depression, I know about the risks of the profession. :p
 
Shit, if those two ladies and Mazzini are enough to make Cavour shake his head in defeat, just wait until he makes the acquaintance of an actual socialist. :p

Since you hinted at alternate developments in Europe as a whole, I wonder if the pace of the timeline is going to get faster as soon as the peninsula is unified: if anyone were to cover the history of a continent in as much detail as you're covering the diplomacy of the Quarantotto, as much as I'd like to see that, there's the risk one could end up falling into the same trap George R. R. Martin fell. :p

Just to complement and second @LordKalvan's answer. Later ITTL, someone will say that "modern Italy has been conceived at Goito, but was born at Isola della Scala". The current part of the TL can be thought of as our "labour", a particularly detailed one, but we think is good to flesh out our world and story through our protagonists, both the army of OTL figures and the few imaginary ones. Non of them will be the same after Isola, the course of the lives of many of them will diverge dramatically from OTL, and we like to present how and why this came to happen. ;) Now that you mention GRR Martin, I came to remember that one of the things that I thought 2020 would have brought us was Book 7 of ASOIAF. Now I am officially sad XD
 
Just to complement and second @LordKalvan's answer. Later ITTL, someone will say that "modern Italy has been conceived at Goito, but was born at Isola della Scala". The current part of the TL can be thought of as our "labour", a particularly detailed one, but we think is good to flesh out our world and story through our protagonists, both the army of OTL figures and the few imaginary ones. Non of them will be the same after Isola, the course of the lives of many of them will diverge dramatically from OTL, and we like to present how and why this came to happen. ;) Now that you mention GRR Martin, I came to remember that one of the things that I thought 2020 would have brought us was Book 7 of ASOIAF. Now I am officially sad XD

George even said he had more time to write, with Covid-19 forcing him home...

...I wonder if the atrocity D&D did with the last two seasons of GoT hit him so hard he basically dropped the ball, kind of like Haruhi's author after the Endless Eight.
 
George even said he had more time to write, with Covid-19 forcing him home...

...I wonder if the atrocity D&D did with the last two seasons of GoT hit him so hard he basically dropped the ball, kind of like Haruhi's author after the Endless Eight.
I see you're a man of culture as well :p I think that's a distinct possibility, possibly mixed with some sense of guilt: after all, had he written the books, or at least had show D&D a detailed draft of events, we wouldn't have had... What we had, from nonsensical arc characters to an anticlimactic finale (not to mention all the rest). I just realized that in a sense, Ferdinand is the Prince that was not promised... but we luckily had. Works better without prophecies, I guess. :)
 
I see you're a man of culture as well :p I think that's a distinct possibility, possibly mixed with some sense of guilt: after all, had he written the books, or at least had show D&D a detailed draft of events, we wouldn't have had... What we had, from nonsensical arc characters to an anticlimactic finale (not to mention all the rest). I just realized that in a sense, Ferdinand is the Prince that was not promised... but we luckily had. Works better without prophecies, I guess. :)

To be honest, D&D acted like complete douches at more than one point regardless, a humbler director would've probably done a better job even without GRRM holding their hand. And yeah, Haruhi basically introduced me to anime, it's kinda amusing how in the following years everyone copied everything about it... while completely missing the point of the series, that was as much about the exploration of literary tropes as it was about wacky hijinks.

Fuck, the LN that came out last year, 50% of it was Kyon's inner monologue and Koizumi's thoughts about mystery fiction.

And speaking of fantasy literature, a certain movie series you might be very familiar with is getting a reboot. :p

Now that I think about it, it might be one of the very few attempts at fantasy in Italy that did not rip off Tolkien or one of his many imitators, since it was based on a Tuscan fairy tale, AFAIK.
 
To be honest, D&D acted like complete douches at more than one point regardless, a humbler director would've probably done a better job even without GRRM holding their hand. And yeah, Haruhi basically introduced me to anime, it's kinda amusing how in the following years everyone copied everything about it... while completely missing the point of the series, that was as much about the exploration of literary tropes as it was about wacky hijinks.

Fuck, the LN that came out last year, 50% of it was Kyon's inner monologue and Koizumi's thoughts about mystery fiction.

And speaking of fantasy literature, a certain movie series you might be very familiar with is getting a reboot. :p

Now that I think about it, it might be one of the very few attempts at fantasy in Italy that did not rip off Tolkien or one of his many imitators, since it was based on a Tuscan fairy tale, AFAIK.
Yes, a competent director would have not thrown years of character build up just to surprise the audience (cough cough Ary killing the Night King cough cough). To be fair, there were so many brilliant fan theories that mixing a few of them would have resulted in a fair better outcome. I must admit I am fairly new to the anime world, but I am more a fan of the Fate/ franchise (which is natural, I think, for an AH fan) and Evangelion (which is a fair example on how to give a stunningly confusing finale made in two days, ad yet nobody complains and everybody tries and understand it).
Now, regarding that certain TV series, you made my day, Sir. I am officially on full hype, and I am too curious to see if my namesake pops up (I know that's an unconventional choice for a nickname on this board, but hey, I was on full rewatch when I joined AH.com). You are right: it is inspired by Tuscan fairy tale, included by Calvino in the Fiabe Italiane. I have to say that the authors made a stunning job on taking a classical fairy tale premise and building a whole world out of a simple idea (of course they derailed in the fifth installment, which made me really angry when I was a kid). Besides, watching it as an adult, I got surprised how it is definitely not a show for children if not superficially. I confess that all this conversation made me dream of a TTL anime "Ferudinando Ōji no bōken", which, if Google translate is not failing me, should be "The adventures of Prince Ferdinand" XD
 
I must admit I am fairly new to the anime world, but I am more a fan of the Fate/ franchise (which is natural, I think, for an AH fan) and Evangelion (which is a fair example on how to give a stunningly confusing finale made in two days, ad yet nobody complains and everybody tries and understand it).

Try Arte, then. It's a cute little anime whose protagonist seems to be loosely based on Artemisia Gentileschi. :p
 
Narrative Interlude #28: A Jacobin in disguise
Villa Pindemonte, 5 April 1848, Mid Morning

The Venetians had proved quite cooperative: they had agreed that the Sardinian naval task force would be more useful in Palermo, since the Northern Adriatic was effectively a Venetian lake, and had also promised to send a few units to Sicily to show the flag and the Venetian commitment to support the independence of the island. Venetian units would also support the occupation of Monfalcone. Details would be discussed later on by Menabrea, Graziani and La Masa.
Ferdinando thought that this was as good a time as any to raise the stakes:
"We're all agreed that the war is proceeding according to plan. In about 10 days our units will be deployed along the Isonzo, and we are confident that De Sonnaz will manage to secure one or two bridgeheads on the left bank of the river. By taking Monfalcone, which should be an easy task since the town is not fortified on the landward side, we will have a secure logistic base to support further operations against Gorizia in the north-east and Trieste and Istria in the south east: our intention is to push eastwards as far as the watershed of the Julian Alps, and southwards to take Trieste, Istria and Fiume. Sooner rather than later gen. Nugent has to make a choice, and he has only three options available, none of them attractive. He can stay in Gorizia, and end up being besieged there with little hope that an Austrian army will come to break the siege, or he can vacate Gorizia retreating into Slovenia. I'm anyway convinced that in the end he will be ordered to defend Trieste, and in such a case he has to meet our army in the field. I've full confidence in gen. D'Orleans, whichever option the Austrian may choose.
As far as Verona is concerned, our troops have completed the investment of the city. I plan to ask for a meeting with the Austrian commanders, where I will call for the immediate surrender of the city. The Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia, well I should say the former Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia given the situation in the field," a brief smile "is in Verona, and I know Archduke Ranieri pretty well (1): he is not a military man, much less a firebreather, and I am reasonably confident he will not force us to start cannonading Verona.
I would therefore suggest that it is time for us to start discussing the best way to ensure that post-war Italy will enjoy a peaceful and stable political situation, where both freedom and safety from foreign aggression are guaranteed. "

Ferdinando stopped for a moment, to see if any question was forthcoming.

"A peaceful and stable political situation, Your Highness? May I ask what do you mean by these words?" Daniele Manin was very cautious: the delegates from the Republic had not anticipated that such a topic would be on the table today, and they appeared to be stunned. "In Venice you hinted to the possibility that the Italian states would be offered the opportunity of forming a Confederation, after the end of the war and the expulsion of the Austrians, but you never went into any detail. "

"You are quite right, Signor Manin. I never offered any detail at the time, because I had not yet a plan, just a dream: the dream that an Italy might be born where all the different states of the peninsula would be bound together by a common heritage and common interests, and above all by the love for freedom and the desire not to be crushed again under the heel of a foreign invader. I was in Venice barely a week ago, but many good things have happened during this week, and I believe I can offer you today something better than a dream. I will let the Count of Cavour unveil what I hope will be the roadmap for a common future."

Camillo was prepared: he had already gone through a similar exercise meeting with Capponi and Ricasoli, and he was confident he could gain at least a conditional approval from the Venetian delegation.
"Signori, the continent of Europe has witnessed unexpected and stunning events during the past month of March: a second Republic in France, the dismissal of Prince Metternich, Vienna, Prague, Pest and Berlin in the hands of insurgents. Equally momentous developments have occurred in Italy: Lombardy and Venetia have regained their freedom, and the Republic of St. Mark has been born again to the joy of all liberty-loving Italians. " a courteous bow to Manin and the other delegates " A Provisional Government has been installed in Parma, Reggio and Modena, Sicily has declared its independence, and will offer today the crown to Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy. His Holiness has granted a constitution, and sent troops to fight against the Austrians, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany has done the same. Italians from almost all the Italian states are here in Isola della Scala, and for this reason we are going to call for a Convention to discuss the future of Italy, to start tomorrow: there is a window of opportunity, and we would be craven not to make the most of it. De l'audace, Signori, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace."
Ferdinando had to make an effort not to show his pleasure: Camillo quoting a Jacobin (2) to spur the cautious Venetians to action was certainly one of the most unexpected events this spring of 1848 had brought, but it was also a proof of flexibility and political acumen which was most promising for the future.
"Prince Ferdinando has however decided to share in advance our plan with you, our trusted ally, so that you may start to give it consideration before it is unveiled before the Convention. The Kingdom of Sardinia will propose that...."

Cavour spoke at length before concluding:
"Many details will need to be discussed and agreed, and there will be time for that, but tomorrow the Italians attending to the Convention will be asked if they are bold enough to march together towards the future: it will be a revolution to be achieved by consent and through the laws. No change is going to be imposed by force on the unwilling, but I believe that history will pass a harsh judgment on those who are too timid or too frightened to raise to this challenge."

The Venetian delegates had kept their counsel, but at least no serious objection had been made.
After their departure, Ferdinando said: "A very impressive performance, Camillo, I've never seen anything at this level, and I count it as a win even if no explicit approval has been forthcoming yet from "our trusted ally", as you so nicely described them." A thin smile, in preparation for the last barb "I have to apologize to my father, though: he was the first to see who truly you are, a Jacobin in disguise" (3)

Footnotes​
  1. Archduke Ranieri is the father-in-law of Ferdinando​
  2. A famous quote from the speech made by Georges Danton to the French National Assembly on 2 September 1792​
  3. Carlo Alberto labelled young Camillo di Cavour as a Jacobin during his stint as a page at the Court in Turin​
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Thanks for the tip! I googled it and seems promising ;) :)

That speech by Cavour seemed promising, too, but you cut the best part from it. You sure know how to do a /r/anime/-worthy cliffhanger, Dio can.

That's probably what the Venetian delegation was actually thinking, when they heard Cavour quote Danton. :p

...wait, did you say Vienna is in the hands of revolutionaries? 😮
 
That speech by Cavour seemed promising, too, but you cut the best part from it. You sure know how to do a /r/anime/-worthy cliffhanger, Dio can.

That's probably what the Venetian delegation was actually thinking, when they heard Cavour quote Danton. :p

...wait, did you say Vienna is in the hands of revolutionaries? 😮
Come on, we told you which are the plans for the war in Friuli, and it hasn't been enough? ;)
A little patience, and everything will be disclosed :)
I'll give this to Camillo: there is no one like a nobleman pour epater la bourgeoisie XDXD

The insurrection of Vienna started on 14 March: since then there is a National Guard, and Academic Legion (university students) and the army is not in Vienna barracks.
No surprise here. Similar things have happened in Berlin too, in Prague and in Pest.
 
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