Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780230606050)

With his signature insight and compelling style, Christopher Hibbert explains the extraordinary complexities and contradictions that characterized Benito Mussolini. Mussolini was born on a Sunday afternoon in 1883 in a village in central Italy. On a Saturday afternoon in 1945 he was shot by Communist partisans on the shores of Lake Como. In the sixty-two years in between those two fateful afternoons Mussolini lived one of the most dramatic lives in modern history. Hibbert traces Mussolini's unstoppable rise to power and details the nuances of his facist ideology. This book examines Mussolini's legacy and reveals why he continues to be both revered and reviled by the Italian people.

Author: Christopher Hibbert
ISBN-10: 0230606059
ISBN-13: 9780230606050
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d