Mussolini's shadow
Subtitle: the double life of Count Galeazzo Ciano
By: Ray Moseley.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Ciano, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944; Fascism -- Italy -- History; Statesmen -- Italy -- Biography; Fascists -- Italy -- Biography; Italy -- History -- 1922-1945
Description: This is a biography of Count Galeazzo Ciano, based in part on the sensational diaries which he sought to trade for his life and which are among the most revealing sources on the relationship between the Axis powers in the early years of the World War II.

But Ciano came to disagree with his father-in-law over Italy's partnership with Germany, and he joined with other dissident Fascists plotting to remove Mussolini from office. Ciano was found guilty of treason and, despite desperate attempts to trade his sensational diaries for his life, was shot. This is the first biography of Ciano in English, and it is based in part on those diaries, smuggled by Edda out of the country in her own dramatic escape."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-282) and index.