Excerpt from Queen Joanna I, of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence, Forcalquier and Piedmont: An Essay on Her TimesOur particular warfare, however, passive though it be, is clearly not so much with calumniators, of whom we know there have been plenty, nor with advocates of truth, of whom, strange to say, there have been few, though strong, but it is with gross misstate ments, partisan narratives, and a sort of tropical atmosphere of literary carelessness and credulity, ' which in this particular instance has nourished only too exuberantly certain evil but seductive ¿owers of untruth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.