A house in the mountains : the women who liberated Italy from fascism
Moorehead, Caroline2019
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The extraordinary story of four courageous women who helped form the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. In the late summer of 1943, when Italy changed sides in the War and the Germans - now their enemies - occupied the north of the country, an Italian Resistance was born. Ada, Frida, Silvia and Bianca were four young Piedmontese women who joined the Resistance, living clandestinely in the mountains surrounding Turin. They were not alone. Between 1943 and 1945, as the Allies battled their way north, thousands of men and women throughout occupied Italy rose up and fought to liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators. The bloody civil war that ensued across the country pitted neighbour against neighbour, and brought out the best and worst in Italian society. The courage shown by the partisans was exemplary, and eventually bound them together as a coherent fighting force. The women's contribution was invaluable - they fought, carried messages and weapons, provided safe houses, laid mines and took prisoners. Ada's house deep in the mountains became a meeting place and refuge for many of them. The death rattle of Mussolini's two decades of Fascist rule - with its corruption, greed and anti-Semitism was unrelentingly violent, but for the partisan women it was also a time of camaraderie and equality, pride and optimism. They had proved, to themselves and to the world, what resolve, tenacity and, above all, exceptional courage could achieve.
Main title:
A house in the mountains : the women who liberated Italy from fascism / Caroline Moorehead.
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Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2019.
Collation:
xxvi, 390 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
pt. ONE THE FALL OF ITALY -- ch. 1 A Roman coup -- ch. 2 Interlude -- ch. 3 Bursting into life -- ch. 4 A war zone -- ch. 5 Making lions -- ch. 6 The piccoli geni -- ch. 7 A little woman -- pt. TWO A YEAR OF FIRE -- ch. 8 Heedless -- ch. 9 The hunters and the hunted -- ch. 10 A lizard among the rocks -- ch. 11 Nesting in kitchens -- ch. 12 Summer of flames -- ch. 13 Haunted by death -- ch. 14 Learning to live better -- pt. THREE LIBERATION -- ch. 15 Mothers of the Resistance -- ch. 16 Squashing the cockroaches -- ch. 17 Insurrection -- ch. 18 Bloodletting -- ch. 19 A love of forgetting.
ISBN:
9781784741419
Dewey class:
940.53450922
Language:
English
Subject:
Anti-fascist movements -- Italy -- History -- 20th centuryWomen political activists -- Italy -- History -- 20th centuryWomen soldiers -- Italy -- History -- 20th centuryWomen in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Italy -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- ItalyItaly -- History -- Allied occupation, 1943-1947Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945
BRN:
365285
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 940.53450922 MOO | Available |