Language: English
Published by Alpha, Upper Saddle River, 2002
ISBN 10: 0028642147 ISBN 13: 9780028642147
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Thus. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was borh into a politically active family (see: his father Alessandro) in 1883 . As a young man in Switzerland in 1904, where socialist discussion was encouraged, he rubbed shoulders with such leftists as Lenin. By the fall of 1922, Il Duce was declared the Prime Minister of Italy. LEARN more about : Fiume, ammonizione, Margherita Sarfatti, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Berne, black-shirts, Predappio, rhetoric, show-trials, and League of Nations. Some b/w photographs assist text. Last 10 pages are an INDEX, preceded by a who's who and a bibliography. Cond : Paper wrapper is brown with white lettering. Front cover photo is of Mussolni in uniform - circa 1921. Volume is tight, bright, square and clean in all respects. No names, no marks. No bumps, no tears. Collectible reference !! Quote (p. 185) : " ._._. and denouncing his betrayal. Much of this was easy enough to sweep under the carpet. But when Dalser appeared in public during the summer of 1926 and threw a fit - the result either of hysteria or epilepsy - Mussolini's officials saw to it that she was quickly whisked off to a ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.