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A New Statesman Book of the Year "Reveals how ideology corrupts the truth, how untrammeled ambition destroys the soul, and how the vanity of white male supremacy distorts emotion, making even love a matter of state." --Sonia Purnell, author of A Woman of No Importance "The brilliance of de Grazia's book lies in the way that she has made a page-turner of Teruzzi's chaotic life, while providing a scholarly and engrossing portrait of the two decades of Fascist rule." --Caroline Moorhead, Wall Street Journal "Extraordinary...illuminates the ways in which the all-consuming nature of fascism distorted Italian society and destroyed the lives of individuals. I could not put it down." --Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919 "Original and important...De Grazia's attention to Teruzzi's private life, his behavior as suitor and husband, deepens and enriches our understanding of the nature of leadership in Mussolini's regime and of masculinity, virility, and honor in Italian fascist culture." --Robert O. Paxton, author of The Anatomy of Fascism "Original, thoughtful, and timely...Its two entwined narratives--one political and public, the other personal and private--perfectly complement one an
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- Author
- VICTORIA. DE GRAZIA; Victoria De Grazia
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674245266
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Political Science
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