D'Annunzio: The First Duce

by Michael A. Ledeen

Book Overview

Gabriele D'Annunzio was one of the most flamboyant figures in the political history of modern Europe. A poet in the Byronic style and a popular hero of the First World War, D'Annunzio passionately believed that the sacrifices of war should prelude a new social order. His capture of the city of Fiume in 1919, which had been claimed by Italy as part of the settlement before the Versailles Peace Conference, has been popularized and romanticized ever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765807424
• ISBN13: 9780765807427
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"