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Mar 7, 2023 · Edda Mussolini was born out of wedlock on September 1, 1910, as per Encyclopedia, to Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi, years before the two would marry in 1915. Edda was known for her brashness and unconventionality, as TIME stated in its cover story on her in 1939. Featured as a "Lady of the Axis" in July of that year, she wore trousers long ...
Edda Mussolini (1910–1995), daughter of Benito Mussolini, married to Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari. Fabrizio Ciano, 3rd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (1931–2008), memoirist, grandson of Benito Mussolini, last Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari; Vittorio Mussolini (1916–1997), film critic and producer, son of Benito ...
Mar 23, 2023 · In Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe, her timely biography of Mussolini’s “eccentric, clever and mercurial” eldest daughter, Edda, Caroline Moorehead shows how deeply ingrained that heritage is. The book opens with a description of the Mussolini family home outside Forlì, still a place of pilgrimage, where the gift shop sells
Edda Mussolini was supposedly intelligent, but seldom used her brains for good purpose. Her handsome appearance was ruined by a permanent scowl — a resting bitch face. She adored clothes, gambling, alcohol and men, but always found reason to be unhappy. Edda was a fascist when it was convenient and apolitical when it was not.
Dec 3, 2022 · Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter and his confidante during 20 years of fascist rule. She acted as envoy to both Germany and Britain, helping steer Italy to join forces with Hitler. UK historian and biographer Caroline Moorehead's Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe is an account of "the unravelling of the Fascist dream".
Nov 15, 2022 · About the Book. A thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini—Benito Mussolini’s favorite daughter, one of the most influential women in 1930s Europe—and a heart-stopping account of the unraveling of the Fascist dream in Italy, from award-winning historian and author of the acclaimed Resistance Quartet, Caroline Moorehead.
Nov 15, 2022 · Edda Mussolini was the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s oldest and favorite child. At 19, she was married to Count Galleazzo Ciano, Il Duce’s Minister for Foreign Affairs during the 1930s, the most turbulent decade in Italy’s fascist history.
- Caroline Moorehead
