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A house in the mountains : the women who liberated Italy from fascism / Caroline Moorehead.
In the late summer of 1943, when Italy broke with the Germans and joined the Allies after suffering catastrophic military losses, an Italian Resistance was born. Four young Piedmontese women―Ada, Frida, Silvia and Bianca―living secretly in the mountains surrounding Turin, risked their lives to overthrow Italy’s authoritarian government. They were among the thousands of Italians who joined the Partisan effort to help the Allies liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators. What made this partisan war all the more extraordinary was the number of women―like this brave quartet―who swelled its ranks. The bloody civil war that ensued pitted neighbor against neighbor, and revealed the best and worst in Italian society. The courage shown by the partisans was exemplary, and eventually bound them together into a coherent fighting force. But the death rattle of Mussolini’s two decades of Fascist rule―with its corruption, greed, and anti-Semitism―was unrelentingly violent and brutal.
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- ISBN: 9780062686350
- ISBN: 0062686356
- ISBN: 9780062686374 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xxvi, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| General Note: | First Harper Perennial Edition Published 2021. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2019 by chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: Fall of Italy -- Part two: Year of fire -- Part three: Liberation |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Italy. World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Italy. Italy > History > German occupation, 1943-1945. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle Public Library | 940.534 Moorehead (Text) | 31902005375068 | NWCM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
