The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: A Biography
Frances Stonor Saunders$23.80
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At 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 1926, a woman stepped out of the crowd on Rome's Campidoglio Square and shot Mussolini at point-blank range. He escaped virtually unscathed. Violet Gibson, who expected to be thanked for her action, was arrested, labeled a crazy Irish spinster and a half-mad mystic---and promptly forgotten. Now, in an elegant work of reconstruction, Frances Stonor Saunders retrieves this remarkable figure from the lost historical record. In a grand tragic narrative, full of suspense and mystery, conspiracy and back-room diplomacy, she vividly resurrects the life and times of a woman who sought to forestall catastrophe, whatever the cost.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 03/29/2011
ISBN: 9780312681128
Pages: 380
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.63w x 1.08d