[Gutenberg 36892] • A Cabinet Secret

Night was falling and Naples Harbour always picturesque appeared even more so than usual in the warm light of the departing day The city itself climbing up the hillside almost from the water s edge was coloured a pale pink by the sunset and even old Vesuvius from whose top a thin column of black smoke was issuing seemed somewhat less sombre than usual Out Ischiawards the heavens were a mass of gold and crimson colouring and this was reflected in the calm waters of the Bay till the whole world was a veritable glow Taken altogether a more beautiful evening could scarcely have been desired And yet it is not with the city the mountain or the sunset that we have to do but with the first movement of a conspiracy that was destined ultimately to shake one of the greatest Empires the earth has ever seen to the very foundations of its being. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.