The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders
A gripping account of the life and fate of the woman who almost assassinated Benito Mussolini. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, Benito Mussolini - the darling of Europe's ruling class.
Frances Stonor Saunders is the former Arts Editor of the New Statesman. Her first book, Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, has been translated into ten languages, and was awarded the Royal Historical Society's William Gladstone Memorial Prize. She is the author of The Woman Who Shot Mussolini. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571239771 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571239773 |
| Title | The Woman Who Shot Mussolini |
| Author | Frances Stonor Saunders |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2010-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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