The Body of Il Duce: Mussolini's Corpse and the Fortunes of Italy

by Sergio Luzzatto

Book Overview

A brilliant young historian follows the odyssey of Mussolini's body in an original exploration of the history and legacy of Italian Fascism Bullet-ridden, spat on, butchered bloody: this was the fate of Il Duce, strung up beside his dead mistress in a Milan square, as reviled in death as he was adored in life. With Italy's defeat in World War II, the cult of Benito Mussolini's physical self was brought to its grotesque denouement by a frenzied, jeering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805066462
• ISBN13: 9780805066463
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.7"