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1) Eternal
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"Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart. But in the autumn of 1937,...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Nina Argenta doesn't want the traditional life of a rural Italian woman. The daughter of a strong-willed midwife, she is determined to define her own destiny. But when her brother emigrates to America, she promises her mother to never leave. When childhood friend Pietro Pante briefly returns to their mountain town, passion between them ignites while Mussolini forces political tensions to rise. Just as their romance deepens, Pietro must leave again...
6) Italy at war
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Pub. Date
[1982]
Description
In 1934, the Italians who shouted "Duce! Duce!" did not know their leader would take them into world war and national ruin.
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Pub. Date
1994
Description
He was Il Duce, godfather of Italian fascism, a leader fired by grandiose imperial ambitions who drove his nation into an unwinnable war. Yet, as historian Edwin Hoyt reminds us, Benito Mussolini was once the most popular political figure in the world. Mahatma Gandhi called him "a superman" and "one of the great statesmen of all time." To Thomas Edison he was "the greatest genius of modern times." Heads of state, including Woodrow Wilson and Winston...
11) Benito Mussolini
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Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Tells the life story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, describing his childhood in northern Italy, early exposure to politics, creation of the Fascist Party and rise to power in the 1920s, repressive regime, relationship with Adolf Hitler, and actions during World War II.
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Pub. Date
2006
Description
Rising quickly from within the ranks of the socialist party, Benito Mussolini became local chief of the Italian Socialist Party at a young age, where he developed his instinct for power and his talent for intrigue as he played off various sections of the left against each other. His dangerous rise to power ultimately played out against the backdrop of World War I and gave rise to a new and frightening government--Facism.
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