{"product_id":"the-woman-who-shot-mussolini","title":"The Woman Who Shot Mussolini","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonor Saunders, Frances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eUsed Book in Good Condition\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartNumber:\u003c\/b\u003e new-20170302-c0060238\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 30-03-2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The astonishing untold story of a woman who tried to stop the rise of Fascism and change the course of history\nAt 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 1926, a woman stepped out of the crowd on Rome’s Campidoglio Square. Less than a foot in front of her stood Benito Mussolini. As he raised his arm to give the Fascist salute, the woman raised hers and shot him at point-blank range. Mussolini escaped virtually unscathed, cheered on by practically the whole world. Violet Gibson, who expected to be thanked for her action, was arrested, labeled a “crazy Irish spinster” and a “half-mad mystic”—and promptly forgotten.\nNow, in an elegant work of reconstruction, Frances Stonor Saunders retrieves this remarkable figure from the lost historical record. She examines Gibson’s aristocratic childhood in the Dublin elite, with its debutante balls and presentations at court; her engagement with the critical ideas of the era—pacifism, mysticism, and socialism; her completely overlooked role in the unfolding drama of Fascism and the cult of Mussolini; and her response to a new and dangerous age when anything seemed possible but everything was at stake.\nIn a grand tragic narrative, full of suspense and mystery, conspiracy and backroom diplomacy, Stonor Saunders vividly resurrects the life and times of a woman who sought to forestall catastrophe, whatever the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805091212\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel:\u003c\/b\u003e new-20170302-c0060238\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51736279187757,"sku":"0000005051","price":21.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/5853\/5981\/files\/71sA80tdbDL.jpg?v=1767947693","url":"https:\/\/silkroadstore.us\/products\/the-woman-who-shot-mussolini","provider":"Silk Road Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}