M. Der Mann Der Vorsehung by Antonio Scurati

Il figlio del secolo

A sprawling historical novel that dramatizes the rise and rule of Benito Mussolini in early twentieth-century Italy, blending archival documents and imaginative scenes to show how charisma, propaganda, political violence and social complicity dismantled democracy; through vivid portraits and documentary inserts it examines the personal ambition and opportunism behind a growing cult of leadership and reflects on the moral and institutional costs of authoritarianism.

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