The maritime passage from the French Riviera across the Ligurian Sea to the southern tip of Corsica was a journey through centuries of Mediterranean history. As the stealth tactical yacht *L'Ombre* cut through the early-morning swell, the jagged spine of the Corsican mountains rose out of the violet dawn like a fortress rising from the deep. Known to the ancient Greeks as *Kalliste*—the Most Beautiful—the island had defied foreign conquerors…
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