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Possess the air : love, heroism, and the battle for the soul of Mussolini's Rome

Possess the air : love, heroism, and the battle for the soul of Mussolini's Rome

Book 2019

"The inspiring true story of political resistance in Mussolini's Italy Plunging readers into Fascist Rome at the height of Mussolini's power, Possess the Air tells the story of three people who defied Italy's authoritarian despot by opposing the rising tide of populism and xenophobia. Two Canadian archeologists, Gilbert Bagnani and his wife Mary Stewart Houston, maddened the self-styled Caesar, determined to dispel his claims that Rome was-- and...