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But the Garibaldi volumes were more than a romantic story.

Trevelyan contributed considerable new knowledge of the issues connected with his subject.

The outstanding example was in Garibaldi And The Thousand, where he made use of unpublished papers of Lord John Russell and English consular materials to reveal the motives which led the British government to permit Garibaldi to cross the Straits of Messina.