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
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