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My Rise and Fall by Benito Mussolini is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is My Rise and Fall about?

Here for the first time in one volume, are two rare autobiographical works by Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), founder of Fascism and Italian dictator for 21 years. The first volume (published in English in 1928 as My Autobiography) describes in the Duce's own inimitable voice his youth, years as an agitator and journalist, experiences in World War I (including his severe wounding), the formation and revolutionary struggles of the Fascist Party, the March on Rome, and his early years in power. The second volume (published in English in 1948 as The Fall of Mussolini) was written during the brief period between his rescue by the Germans in September 1943 and his execution by Italian partisans in April 1945. The Duce retreats to the safe (but psychologically revealing) distance of the third person in describing his last year in power and the coup d'etat that deposed him. My Rise and Fall allows readers to view the dictator from two unique vantage points: Il Duce, eyes on the horizon, chin thrust forward, as he nears his political zenith; and Mussolini at his nadir, a desperate, powerless, sawdust Caesar, soon to be shot and hanged, head down, for all to scorn.

Who reads My Rise and Fall?

Author

Benito Mussolini

Publisher

Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306808647

Category

history

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, Political Science

Rating

3.41 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14