Il Duce (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard B. Lyttle
- First Published: 1987
- Time of Work: 1883–1945
- Setting: Italy, Germany, and Switzerland
- Principal Characters: Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Rachele Mussolini, Clara Petacci, Count Galeazzo Ciano, Victor Emmanuel III
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Dictators, Power, personal or social, Politics, World War II, War, Politicians, Ambition, Italy or Italians, Biography, Fascism
- Locales: Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Form and Content
Richard B. Lyttle’s Il Duce: The Rise and Fall of Benito Mussolini is the first biography of Mussolini intended for younger readers. The book is organized into twenty-four brief chapters that proceed chronologically through Mussolini’s life and career. The first four chapters detail Mussolini’s youth and rise to fame as a revolutionary Socialist in the early years of the twentieth century. When World War I began in 1914, Mussolini, like most Socialists, insisted that Italy should remain neutral. For reasons that remain unclear, however, his views...
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