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Mussolini's Shadow - The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano (Paperback)
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Mussolini's Shadow - The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano (Paperback)
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Married to Benito Mussolini's favourite daughter Edda, young Count
Galeazzo Ciano (1903-44) became il Duce's confidant, emissary, and
heir apparent in the years preceding the Second World War.
Appointed foreign minister in 1936, Ciano played a central role in
the Axis partnership negotiations with Hitler and von Ribbentrop
and masterminded Italy's invasions of Albania and Greece. But Ciano
came to disagree with his father-in-law over Italy's partnership
with Germany, and he joined with other dissident Fascists plotting
to remove Mussolini from office. Ciano was found guilty of treason
and, despite desperate attempts to trade his sensational diaries
for his life, was shot. This is the first biography of Ciano in
English, and it is based in part on those diaries, smuggled by Edda
out of the country in her own dramatic escape. 'Mussolini's Shadow'
peels away much of the mystery of the Fascist era, provides an
eye-opening account of the ruling figures of Germany and Italy, and
offers a close-up view of the daily workings of the Mussolini
regime. Count Ciano's story is that of a highly intelligent man -
but one also frivolous, arrogant and overbearing - whose short life
was characterised by espionage, intrigue, sexual scandal,
assassination, and the abuse of power. As a leading player in
Italy's alliance with Germany, Ciano gambled disastrously with his
own fate and with that of his country. Ray Moseley is chief
European correspondent for the 'Chicago Tribune'. He has lived in
Europe for many years, including five years in Rome, and was
runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting in
1981.
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