Sicily (Italy) - History - Savoyard and Austrian rule, 1700-1735

A defence of the right of the House of Austria to the crown of Spain, and the dominions thereunto belonging. In two parts. The first shewing the fatal consequences of the Treaty of Partition. The second containing an account of the methods us'd by France to procure from the late King of Spain a will in favour of the Duke of Anjou, by Forgery and Violence, in order to obtain an Universal Monarchy. Written by a civilian at Vienna, and done into English