Corsica's

There are so many gorgeous beaches and limestone grottos along Corsica's coast that there's rarely time to see them all.

Angella Nazarian: Why is Corsica the Step Sister to Sardinia? 2010

But even more enjoyable is to hire a boat and a captain for the day, and make an unhurried tour of Bonifacio's white limestone rock formations and small islands and then slowly, graciously, make your way to greet Corsica's more glamorous sister in style.

Angella Nazarian: Why is Corsica the Step Sister to Sardinia? 2010

“She's from Corsica's Sartène district, well known for bandits and blood vendettas.”

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000

“She's from Corsica's Sartène district, well known for bandits and blood vendettas.”

Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000

Unfortunately for him, however, the teachers at Brienne did not appreciate his patriotic wrath; so, when one of the tattle-tales reported Napoleon's actions, at once he was pounced upon, and ordered to ask pardon for what he had said and done, standing before the portrait of Corsica's enslaver.

The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French Eugenie Foa

Then, indeed, Corsica's long-cherished dreams of national independence — it was her last chance — would have been strangely realised.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

You may not wonder, then, that the little Corsican, homesick for his native island, and hot with rage toward those who made fun of it, when he came upon this portrait of the man to whom, as he had been taught, all Corsica's troubles were due, should have vented his wrath upon it, and heaped insults upon it.

The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French Eugenie Foa

While Napoleon was at Autun school, studying French, and preparing for entrance into the military academy, his father, Charles Bonaparte, was at Versailles, trying to get a little more money from the king, in return for his services as Corsica's delegate to France.

The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French Eugenie Foa

It was on this little forty-mile journey among the hills that I saw most of Corsica's character.

A Tramp's Notebook Morley Roberts 1899

Their appointment and conduct would be determinative of Corsica's future, and were therefore of the highest importance.

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889