Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead (

Description: Mussolini's Daughter by Caroline Moorehead A thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini--Benito Mussolinis favorite daughter, one of the most influential women in 1930s Europe--and a heart-stopping account of the unraveling of the Fascist dream in Italy, from award-winning historian and author of the acclaimed Resistance Quartet, Caroline Moorehead "Reads like a page-turning thriller."--BookPageEdda Mussolini was the Italian dictator Benito Mussolinis oldest and favorite child. At 19, she was married to Count Galleazzo Ciano, Il Duces Minister for Foreign Affairs during the 1930s, the most turbulent decade in Italys fascist history. In the years preceding World War II, Edda ruled over Italys aristocratic families and the cultured and middle classes while selling Fascism on the international stage. How a young woman wielded such control is the heart of Mooreheads fascinating history. The issues that emerge reveal not only a great deal about the power of fascism, but also the ease with which dictatorship so easily took hold in a country weakened by war and a continent mired in chaos and desperate for peace.Drawing on a wealth of archival material, some newly released, along with memoirs and personal papers, Mussolinis Daughter paints a portrait of a woman in her twenties whose sheer force of character and ruthless narcissism helped impose a brutal and vulgar movement on a pliable and complicit society. Yet as Moorehead shows, not even Eddas colossal willpower, her scheming, nor her fathers avowed love could save her husband from Mussolinis brutal vengeance.As she did in her Resistance Quartet, Moorehead delves deep into the past, exploring what fascism felt like to those living under it, how it blossomed and grew, and how fascists and aristocrats joined forces to pursue ten years of extravagance, amorality, and excessive luxury--greed, excess, and ambition that set the world on fire. The result is a powerful portrait of a young woman who played a key role in one of the most terrifying and violent periods in human history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Caroline Moorehead is the New York Times bestselling author of the Resistance Quartet, which includes A Bold and Dangerous Family, Village of Secrets, and A Train in Winter, as well as Human Cargo, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. An acclaimed biographer, she has written for the New York Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Independent. She lives in London and Italy. Review "The narrative trajectory is something like a cross between a Martin Scorsese film and a Greek tragedy: the omnipotence, partying and carnal escapades slowly give way to feuding, executions and revenge killings. . . . Its a testament to Mooreheads precise, empathic prose that Edda emerges not as the Duces devilish scion, but as a wounded, fragile being. . . . There is nuance and paradox: [Edda] appears not only an enabler and beneficiary of fascist crimes, but also their victim. It makes for a profoundly satisfying, albeit wistful, read." -- The Guardian"Caroline Moorehead writes with her characteristic elegance, eye for detail, and authoritative knowledge about a monster and a survivor. The story of Mussolinis glamorous daughter is certainly a fascinating one." -- Miranda Seymour, author of Mary Shelley"Painstakingly researched and vividly told, this engrossing history turns the spotlight on the deeply conflicted Edda Mussolini, brilliantly balancing the big picture with a wealth of telling detail." -- Clare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville"Timely. . . . An engrossing portrait of a young woman forced to become a public figure. . . . Moorehead has a spirited turn of phrase, a keen eye for the telling detail and pungent quote and a gift for marshaling complex material." -- The New York Review of Books"Interesting and original . . . . Moorehead is a fine writer and a conscientious historian." -- The Spectator (UK)"Wide-ranging and compelling . . . this book will take a leading place in all studies of the reality of Fascism and all authoritarianism." -- Richard Bosworth, author of Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism"Edda was a key player in a tragedy whose plot was so extraordinary that the ancient Greeks would have been seriously proud had they thought of it, and Moorehead tells it well." -- The Telegraph (UK)"Mooreheads clear, compelling prose and sure-handed grasp of historical events combine to make Mussolinis Daughter read like a page-turning thriller, one that will have special appeal for readers fascinated by European history, World War II and the conditions that gave rise to fascism." -- BookPage"Readers of early 20th-century Italian political history should enjoy." -- Library Journal"A powerful portrait of a young woman who played a key role in one of the most terrifying and violent periods in human history." -- Bookreporter.com"Enthralling . . . . [Moorehead] brilliantly sketches the background of Mussolini and his regime, along with its deservedly bathetic end. Mooreheads readers can savour the characters of Edda and her family but also learn a great deal about the nature of Europes first modern dictatorship." -- Literary Review (UK)"Highly readable . . . a fascinating mesh of the personal and the political." -- Toronto Star"Gripping. . . . Meticulous research. . . . Moorehead excels in describing the role played by intellectual and aristocratic circles." -- History Today"Caroline Moorehead creates with her trademark narrative elegance and authoritative attention to detail this portrait of a complicated, at times cruel, woman. . . . Engrossing and enraging, Mussolinis Daughter is in the end a balanced portrait of a woman who not only benefited from fascist crimes but was also a victim of them." -- NOW Toronto"A timely reminder of fascisms sinister allure." -- Winnipeg Free Press Details ISBN0062967266 Author Caroline Moorehead Pages 432 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780062967268 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-11-14 Imprint Collins Subtitle The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-11-14 NZ Release Date 2023-11-14 US Release Date 2023-11-14 UK Release Date 2023-11-14 DEWEY 945.091092 Audience General Language English ISBN-10 0062967266 Imprint US Harper Perennial Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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