CM has become the supreme chronicler of Italy under Mussolini. Indefatigable and brilliant, she turns her attention now to Mussolini’s favourite and influential daughter, who married Count Ciano and escaped to Switzerland after her father’s fall and her husband’s execution.
Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
(author)
£20.00
Edition:Hardback978178474323927/10/2022
Categories: 01. Books for Christmas 2022: Biography, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for Christmas 2022
Tags: Italy, WW2
From a Bookshelf nearby
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This new novel from the author of The Neapolitan Quartet is also set in Naples, and was superbly reviewed in Italy. NB Publication of this book has been delayed until 1st September. Pub... read more
The Lying Life of Adults
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Stories for the Years
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This book was in our summer catalogue but we include it (exceptionally) in the present one too because it is outstanding. As in her 'Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire' (200... read more
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
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In this inspired recreation of her parents' hopes and lives, MW has created a vivid memoir of post-war childhood and adventure in Cairo, Italy and London.
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir
Hardback £16.99