| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-361) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Revelation: Then ; Open, O ye heavenly gates ; The problem of being ; The new mystics ; La femme qui cherche ; L'homme qui cherche ; Hoc est corpus meum ; Holy war ; Il miglior fabbro ; Things snap -- pt. II. Acts: Theater of madness ; Martyrs ; Gethsemane ; What God wants ; Providential escape ; Questions ; Secrets ; The new Augustus ; Hidden hands ; Lives of the saints ; Mea culpa ; Examination ; Stigmata ; Heretics ; Lockdown ; Special justice ; Lucid insanity ; Exodus -- pt. III. Lamentations: Mansion of despair ; The absence of God ; Buried alive ; Cometh the hour ; By the heels at Milano ; Casting off ; Death in exile -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Delivers the untold story of the Irish woman who tried to kill Mussolini and stop the rise of Fascism, in an account that looks at the woman's aristocratic childhood; her engagement with the critical ideas of her era, including pacifism, mysticism and socialism; her role in the cult of Mussolini; and more. |
| Subject |
Gibson, Violet.
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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Assassination attempt, 1926 (April 7)
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Assassins -- Biography.
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Catholic converts -- Biography.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Biography.
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Ashbourne, Edward Gibson, Baron, 1837-1913 -- Family.
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Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901 -- Biography.
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Dublin (Ireland) -- Biography.
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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
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Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Ashbourne, Edward Gibson, Baron, 1837-1913. (OCoLC)fst01923502
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Gibson, Violet. (OCoLC)fst00439565
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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945. (OCoLC)fst00029092
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Aristocracy (Social class) (OCoLC)fst00814463
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Assassins. (OCoLC)fst00818974
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Attempted assassination. (OCoLC)fst00820785
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Catholic converts. (OCoLC)fst00849161
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Fascism. (OCoLC)fst00921551
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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Ireland -- Dublin.
(OCoLC)fst01205505
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Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
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| Chronological Term |
1837-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780805091212 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0805091211 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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