{"product_id":"mussolinis-daughter-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-europe-isbn-9780062967251","title":"Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini—Benito Mussolini’s 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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Reads like a page-turning thriller.”—BookPage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdda Mussolini was the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s oldest and favorite child. At 19, she was married to Count Galleazzo Ciano, Il Duce’s Minister for Foreign Affairs during the 1930s, the most turbulent decade in Italy’s fascist history. In the years preceding World War II, Edda ruled over Italy’s 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 Moorehead’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of archival material, some newly released, along with memoirs and personal papers, Mussolini’s 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 Edda’s colossal willpower, her scheming, nor her father’s avowed love could save her husband from Mussolini’s brutal vengeance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on newly released archives, this landmark biography reveals:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Dictator's Daughter:\u003c\/b\u003e The complex bond between Benito Mussolini and his favorite child, Edda—the one person who was never afraid of him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Fascism:\u003c\/b\u003e An insider account of the extravagance, amorality, and political maneuvering that defined Italian Fascism before its ultimate collapse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLove and Betrayal:\u003c\/b\u003e The story of Edda’s marriage to Count Galleazzo Ciano and the brutal vengeance from her own father that not even she could prevent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWorld War II History:\u003c\/b\u003e How one of Europe’s most influential women navigated the turbulent years leading up to and during World War II, from Rome to Shanghai.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Caroline Moorehead writes with her characteristic elegance, eye for detail, and authoritative knowledge about a monster and a survivor. The story of Mussolini’s glamorous daughter is certainly a fascinating one.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiranda Seymour, author of Mary Shelley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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. . . . It’s a testament to Moorehead’s precise, empathic prose that Edda emerges not as the Duce’s 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful portrait of a young woman who played a key role in one of the most terrifying and violent periods in human history.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moorehead’s clear, compelling prose and sure-handed grasp of historical events combine to make \u003cem\u003eMussolini’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers of early 20th-century Italian political history should enjoy.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gripping. . . . Meticulous research. . . . Moorehead excels in describing the role played by intellectual and aristocratic circles.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Interesting and original . . . . Moorehead is a fine writer and a conscientious historian.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enthralling . . . . [Moorehead] brilliantly sketches the background of Mussolini and his regime, along with its deservedly bathetic end. Moorehead’s readers can savour the characters of Edda and her family but also learn a great deal about the nature of Europe’s first modern dictatorship.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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, \u003cem\u003eMussolini’s Daughter \u003c\/em\u003eis in the end a balanced portrait of a woman who not only benefited from fascist crimes but was also a victim of them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNOW Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wide-ranging and compelling . . . this book will take a leading place in all studies of the reality of Fascism and all authoritarianism.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Bosworth, author of Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Highly readable . . . a fascinating mesh of the personal and the political.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etimely reminder of fascism’s sinister allure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890304807141,"sku":"NP9780062967251","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062967251.jpg?v=1730232995","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mussolinis-daughter-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-europe-isbn-9780062967251","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}