Claretta

Author : R. J. B. Bosworth
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300226263

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Claretta by R. J. B. Bosworth Pdf

A master historian illuminates the tumultuous relationship of Il Duce and his young lover Claretta, whose extraordinarily intimate diaries only recently have become available Few deaths are as gruesome and infamous as those of Benito Mussolini, Italy’s fascist dictator, and Claretta (or Clara) Petacci, his much-younger lover. Shot dead by Italian partisans after attempting to flee the country in 1945, the couple’s bodies were then hanged upside down in Milan’s main square in ignominious public display. This provocative book is the first to mine Clara’s extensive diaries, family correspondence, and other sources to discover how the last in Mussolini’s long line of lovers became his intimate and how she came to her violent fate at his side. R. J. B. Bosworth explores the social climbing of Claretta’s family, her naïve and self-interested commitment to fascism, her diary’s graphically detailed accounts of sexual life with Mussolini, and much more. Brimful of new and arresting information, the book sheds intimate light not only on an ordinary-extraordinary woman living at the heart of Italy’s totalitarian fascist state but also on Mussolini himself.

Author : Paul Daze
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532007224

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Trippplets by Paul Daze Pdf

Preaston, California is headed for a staggering shake up unlike no earthquake can create, by virtue of teen identical triplets Terrell, Derrell, and Jerrell Jenkins. However, their road to excellence is paved with many potholes to make their journey jarring and difficult. With each brother having their share of problems, Terrells troubles seem to eclipse the others by far. Being overly good-natured brands him an easy target for public harassment, ridicule, and disregard, and if that wasnt enough, the strong tie he always had with his brothers is quickly unraveling. Terrell feels obligated to preserve unity within the family, since it was the one thing the boys father routinely instilled in them, right up until the time of his mysterious death. As Terrells optimism declines, his discovery of three mystical stones, which grants the brothers with incredible mental powers, is just the remedy to give his diminishing hope an upsurge. The stones were once owned by gifted Asian children, born over two thousand years ago, and identical triplets as well. The vitality of these extraordinary gems establishes a special meaning for both generations of triplets, and sets the course for adventure that will ultimately change the city of Preaston and mankinds lives forever.

Author : Ray Moseley
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461625872

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Mussolini by Ray Moseley Pdf

In his last days, Mussolini, the tyrant, was in the grip of anger, shame, and depression. The German armed forces that had sustained his puppet government since its creation in September 1943 were being inexorably driven out of Italy, the frontiers of his Fascist republic were shrinking daily and Mussolini was aware that German military leaders were negotiating with the Allies behind his back in neutral Switzerland. Moseley's well-researched and highly engaging tome throws light on the last twenty months of the despot's life and culminates with the dramatic capture and execution of Mussolini (and his mistress Claretta Petacci) by partisans of the Italian resistance on April 28, 1945.

Author : Andrea Warren
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0618432353

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We Rode the Orphan Trains by Andrea Warren Pdf

They were "throwaway" kids, living on the streets or in orphanages and foster homes. Then Charles Loring Brace, a young minister in New York City, started the Children's Aid Society and devised a plan to give these homeless waifs a chance at finding families they could call their own. Thus began an extraordinary migration of American children. Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 200,000 children ventured forth on a journey of hope. Here, in the sequel to Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, Andrea Warren introduces nine men and women who rode the trains and helped make history so many years ago.

Author : Paolo Monelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Fascism
ISBN : UCAL:$B509746

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Mussolini by Paolo Monelli Pdf

Author : Inge Logenburg Kyler
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781504908542

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Stories for Lilah by Inge Logenburg Kyler Pdf

Stories for Lilah is a delightful manuscript comprising stories and poems written over a span of years. The stories and poems are certain to bring enjoyment to all ages, young and old, and covers a wide range of topics from “don’t feed the bears,” why the tulip tree loses its leaves early, being “different”, several “Millie the cow” stories, as well as stories and poems that have hidden guidance or are just fun to read and share to the whole family!

Author : Michael Springate
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0920717187

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Dog and Crow by Michael Springate Pdf

Based on Pound's sojourn in fascist Italy, the play spans the years 1928 to 1946 and moves from Italy to America. (7 men, 3 women).

Author : Melton S. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000460391

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Who Defends Rome? by Melton S. Davis Pdf

This book, first published in 1972, examines the tumultuous period between Mussolini’s dismissal and the German occupation of Rome 45 days later. Double-dealing, treachery, vindictiveness, cowardliness, contradictory orders are the hallmarks of this time, and the protagonists include Mussolini, Hitler, Eisenhower, Maxwell Taylor, the Italian King, Churchill and Badoglio. Its was then that Italy arranged a virtually meaningless armistice with the Allies, the terms of which were never clear to anyone. This book reconstructs these days with a clear and thorough analysis, using new evidence not previously available to researchers.

Author : Andrea Warren
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0395913624

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Orphan Train Rider by Andrea Warren Pdf

Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.

Author : Vittorio De Agrò
Publisher : CAVINATO EDITORE INTERNATIO
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788869822421

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Being Melvin by Vittorio De Agrò Pdf

BEING MELVIN The Thin Line between Fiction and Reality Synopsis Parents, school, friends, feelings, commitments trace a path along which Melvin, a young landowner of Sicilian origins, tries hard to venture. He has been in conflict with his family’s aspirations and projections since childhood. The use of his imagination, odd braggadocio, and lies seems to be an escape from a reality perceived as unsustainable. However, it merely drags him slowly into a dimension where the real world constantly slips into the imaginary one, producing relentlessly irreconcilable contrasts in personality development and emotional relationships with women despite being constantly surrounded by them. The virtual rites of the web and digital communications lead him to obsessively participate in a forum dedicated to the starlet of a television drama, the Diva. A genuine feeling grows between the two of them, only to magnify Melvin’s crisis, consequently creating a split personality and an increasingly dramatic, psychotic and self-destructive drift. He is forced to undergo a mandatory medical treatment. Melvin asks for help from the Gleam, a unique but lucid psychiatrist, to whom he runs when the weight of memories and the feeling of guilt for betraying someone’s trust will be unbearable, to the point of further restricting the already narrow margins of his psychic survival. His memory, having suddenly reappeared after prolonged amnesia, allows him to retrieve incidents and situations – which he calls files - and to explain them, with great detail, to his therapist. The result is a discussion between doctor and patient, in many ways fruitful and enlightening, but not at all a prelude, as one might expect, to a predictable and comforting ending. That is because we are not facing fiction, but an intensely experienced story on a person’s own skin and at the risk of his own life. Therefore, no invention, no artifice, no hypocritical censorship, no qualms to strip. It offers the reader testimony that a conformist reserve would prefer to bury in the basement of removal and modesty. Melvin is a true story. For real.

Author : Dean Crawford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451672558

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Covenant by Dean Crawford Pdf

When archaeologist Lucy Morgan is abducted after discovering an ancient tomb containing apparently extraterrestrial remains, former Afghanistan war correspondent Ethan Warner must abandon his hopes for a quiet life in order to help find her.

Author : Romano Mussolini
Publisher : Kales Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0967007682

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My Father Il Duce by Romano Mussolini Pdf

"Breaking a lifelong silence about his father "before it was too late," Romano Mussolini opens the floodgates to reveal the family life of one of World War II's seminal figures, Benito Mussolini. In this historical, revisionist memoir, Romano offers a son's unique perspective through never-before-published revelations steeped in intimate details of Mussolini's many adulteries; his sense of supremacy and destiny for greatness; his alliance with Hitler; and finally, his detachment from reality. Mussolini is further humanized as a caring family man who encouraged education and wept at his daughter's wedding."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Toland
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804180948

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The Last 100 Days by John Toland Pdf

A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people—from Hitler’s personal chauffeur to Generals von Manteuffel, Wenck, and Heinrici; from underground leaders to diplomats; from top Allied field commanders to brave young GIs. Toland adeptly weaves together these interviews using research from thousands of primary sources. When it was first published, The Last 100 Days made history, revealing after-action reports, staff journals, and top-secret messages and personal documents previously unavailable to historians. Since that time, it has come to be regarded as one of the greatest historical narratives of the twentieth century.

Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735279759

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Mussolini's Daughter by Caroline Moorehead Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The bestselling author of A Train in Winter returns with the definitive story of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda, one of the most influential women in 1930s Italy, whose life had more twists and turns than a spy novel. Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite child: spoiled and venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal. For much of the twenty-year period of Fascist rule, she was her father's closest confidante. In 1930, at the age of nineteen, Edda married Count Galeazzo Ciano, who would become the youngest Foreign Secretary in Italian history. Acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, Edda played a part in steering Italy to join forces with Hitler. During this time, the Cianos became the most celebrated and glamorous couple in elegant, vulgar Roman fascist society. Their fortunes turned in 1943, when Ciano voted against Mussolini in a plot to bring him down, and his father-in-law did not forgive him. Edda's dramatic story includes hidden diaries, her father's downfall and her husband's execution, and an escape into Switzerland followed by a period in exile. Moorehead draws a portrait of a complicated, bold, and determined woman—one who emerges not just as a witness but as a key player in some of the twentieth century's defining moments. And we see Fascist Italy with all its glamour, decadence and political intrigue, and the turbulence before its violent end.

Author : Jo Beverley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101190791

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Hazard by Jo Beverley Pdf

You've never met a heroine like Lady Anne Peckworth. The sheltered daughter of a duke, she has always been a perfect lady, even when jilted. Twice. Now, however, she's angry, and she's angry at the single most reckless, most irresponsible, most irresistible man she's ever known... You've never met a hero like Race de Vere. Far below Anne's station in life, he has invaded her orderly world like a pirate, tempting her to the edge and beyond. He leads her into impropriety, into wickedness, and then into the most dangerous step of all - the adventure that could win or lose her everything in one hazardous night....