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Anna Richards

France-based travel writer Anna Richards covers Corsica for the Telegraph. She visits the island every year. 

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The Spirited Revolutionary Who Led the Fight for Independence in Corsica Also Inspired America’s Colonial Rabble-Rousers

Pasquale Paoli was a “small fish fighting an entire empire.” Four thousand miles away, the founding fathers were watching and taking notes