A bold and dangerous family : the remarkable story of an Italian mother, her two sons, and their fight against fascism
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
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945.091 Moo
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2017 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, Penguin Random House Group Ltd." -- title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-403) and index.
Description
Mussolini was not only ruthless- he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him- arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes, intimidation and the forcible administration of castor oil. His opponents - including editors, publishers, union representatives, lawyers and judges - were beaten into submission. But the tide turned in 1924 when his assassins went too far, horror spread across Italy and twenty years of struggle began. Antifascist resistance was born and it would end only with Mussolini's death in 1945. Among those whose disgust hardened into bold and uncompromising resistance was a family from Florence- Amelia, Carlo and Nello Rosselli.Caroline Moorehead's research into the Rossellis struck gold. She has drawn on letters and diaries never previously translated into English to reveal - in all its intimacy - a family driven by loyalty, duty and courage, yet susceptible to all the self-doubt and fear that humans are prey to. Readers are drawn into the lives of this remarkable family - and their loves, their loyalties, their laughter and their ultimate sacrifice.
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