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01822atm0a22002650014500 001 ED840A76A61711EE84974C3456ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231229010017 008 231101s2023 xx#eng#d 020 $a 0062967266 : PAP 020 $a 9780062967268 : PAP 040 $d SILO 084 $a BIOG $b MUS 100 $a Moorehead, Caroline 245 00 $a Mussolini's daughter $h [Book] : $b The Most dangerous woman in Europe. 250 $a First Harper Perennial Edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b HarperCollins Publishers, $c 2023. 300 $a 405 pages : $b black & white photographs ; $c 21 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 27.00 520 $a Edda Mussolini was Benito's favorite daughter: spoiled and venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately, strong and loyal. She was her father's confidante during the twenty years of Fascist rule, acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, and playing a part in steering Italy to join forces with Hitler. From her early twenties, Edda was effectively first lady of Italy, She married Galeazzo Ciano, who would become the youngest foreign secretary in Italian history, and they were the most celebrated and glamorous couple in elegant, vulgar Roman Fascist society....In a dramatic story that involves hidden diaries, the dictator's fall, Ciano's execution, and an escape into Switzerland... we come to know a complicated, bold, and determine woman who emerges not as a witness but also as a key player in some of the twentieth century's defining moments. from the back cover. 600 10 $a Mussolini, Edda. $v Biography. 650 0 $a Fascism $z Italy $x History $5 sh 85047355-6. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231229010155.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ED840A76A61711EE84974C3456ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search