Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family

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'Good histories illuminate past epochs; the best histories do so by bringing individual lives into high relief. This wonderful book - part record of Fascist brutality, part remarkable history of resistance, and part love story - weaves the fate of Giovanni Amendola and his son Giorgio into the larger narrative of Fascist Italy and its aftermath.' Roberta Pergher, author of Mussolini's Nation-Empire: Sovereignty and Settlement in Italy's Borderlands, 1922-1943 'Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family offers new perspectives on Italian politics in the twentieth century. As always with R.J.B. Bosworth's research, it is imaginative, meticulous and exhaustive. This well-paced, engaging study crosses political, social and cultural history, reminding English-speaking readers of the peculiarities of the Italian liberal-conservative political elite, especially its Southern component, during the years of the rise of Fascism.' John Pollard, author of The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 'Richard Bosworth's family saga focuses on the two most famous Amendolas - Giovanni and Giorgio, who became a high-ranking communist, a leading figure on the left in both fascist and democratic Italy.' London Review of Books