Chapter 26, The Cruel War

At the end of 1862, the years-long assassination conspiracy finally concluded. After a comprehensive review of all the evidence, all fingers pointed to the Sardinian Government.

Whether others believed it or not, the Paris Government believed it, and the Vienna Government accepted this explanation.

The protests of the Sardinian Government were ignored. Prior to the assassination, the Sardinian Government had secretly provided funding to the Carbonari, which became the most compelling evidence against them.

Most crucially, the French had a witness; the arrested suspect confessed unreservedly to the assassination and came forward to incriminate the Sardinian Government.

The former Prime Minister Cavour was thus clapped in jail, and if his luck was foul, he might even face the gallows.

The Prime Minister and high-level government officials were swept away in one fell swoop, and even Victorio Emanuele II could not escape blame. He had announced his abdication two days earlier.