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The acclaimed writer of A Train in Winter and Town of Secrets provides the next chapter in The Resistance Quartet: the amazing story of the aristocratic Italian family who stood up to Mussolini's fascism and whose efforts helped define the road of Italy in the years between the world wars - a account in courage that remains relevant today. People of the cosmopolitan, ethnic aristocracy of Florence at the beginning of the 20th hundred years, the Rosselli family, led by their fierce matriarch, Amelia, were vocal antifascists. As populist right-wing nationalism swept across European countries after World War I and Italy's leading minister, Benito Mussolini, started out consolidating his ability, Amelia's sons, Carlo and Nello, led the opposition, going for a general public stand against Il Duce that few others in their top notch school dared risk. When Mussolini founded a terrifying and brutal police force state controlled by his Blackshirts - the squaddristi - the Rossellis and their antifascist circle were altered into dynamic resisters. In retaliation, many of the antifascists were caught and imprisoned; others kept the country to escape a similar destiny. Tragically, Carlo and Nello were eventually assassinated by Mussolini's key service. After Italy got into World War II in June 1940, Amelia, thanks to visas established by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt herself, fled to New York City with the rest of the members of her family. Renowned historian Caroline Moorehead paints an indelible picture of Italy in the first fifty percent of the 20th hundred years, offering a romantic account of the go up of Il Duce and his squaddristi; life in Mussolini's penal colonies; the surprising ambivalence and complicity of many prominent Italian families seduced by Mussolini's promises; and the striking, fractured resistance motion whose associates sacrificed their lives to battle fascism. In A Daring and Dangerous Family, Moorehead once again compensates tribute to heroes who fought to uphold our mankind during one of history's darkest chapters.
