Edda Mussolini

It’s testament to Moorehead’s precise, empathic prose that Edda emerges not as the Duce’s devilish scion, but as a wounded, fragile being… It makes for a profoundly satisfying, albeit wistful, read and - give the recent victory of Giorgia Meloni in the Italian elections - a worryingly relevant one * Guardian *Interesting and original… Moorehead is a fine writer and a conscientious historian * Spectator *[Moorehead] brilliantly sketches the background of Mussolini and his regime – R J B Bosworth * LIterary Review *Painstakingly researched and vividly told, this engrossing history turns the spotlight on the deeply conflicted Edda Mussolini, brilliantly balancing the big picture with a wealth of telling detail – CLARE MULLEY, author of The Women Who Flew for HitlerCaroline Moorehead writes with her characteristic elegance, eye for detail and authoritative knowledge about a monster and a survivor. The story of Mussolini’s glamorous daughter is certainly a fascinating one – MIRANDA SEYMOUR, author of I Used to Live Here OnceWide-ranging and compelling… this book will take a leading place in all studies of the reality of Fascism and all authoritarianism – RICHARD BOSWORTH, author of Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian FascismThis is a triumph * Oldie *Superbly written and researched * Tablet *[A] gripping new book * History Today *

Caroline Moorehead is a bestselling and prize-winning author, and the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo, Madame de la Tour du Pin and Martha Gellhorn. Her recent books - a quartet focussed on resistance to dictatorship, particularly in Italy - were shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Orwell Prize and the Costa Biography Award. She lives in London.