When all Corsicans were proud to be French. The love of Corsica and France was inseparable for them.
The dissatisfaction and concern with Paris is such today, from Bastia to Ajaccio, that we almost forget it. In 1729, part of the Corsicans revolted against the Republic of Genoa, which exercised its sovereignty over the island. It was the beginning of forty years of political and military adventures. On four occasions between 1738 and 1764, upon request…