MUSSOLINI'S SHADOW.
The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano. Pp. xii+302, 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves faintly marked; Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999. First edition. *'Married to Benito Mussolini's favourite daughter Edda, young Count Galeazzo Ciano (1905-44) became Il Duce's confidant, emissary, and heir apparent in the years preceding World War II. Appointed foreign minister in 1936, Ciano played a central role in the Axis partnership negotiations with Hitler and von Ribbentrop and masterminded Italy's invasions of Albania and Greece. But Ciano came to disagree with his father-in-law over Italy's partnership with Germany, and he joined with other dissident Fascists plotting to remove Mussolini from office' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180696
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