Bibliograph

A house in the mountains, the women who liberated Italy from fascism, Caroline Moorehead

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A house in the mountains, the women who liberated Italy from fascism, Caroline Moorehead

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A house in the mountains

Nature of contents

bibliography

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Caroline Moorehead

Sub title

the women who liberated Italy from fascism

Summary

"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 ... Drawing on a rich cache of previously untranslated sources, prize-winning historian Caroline Moorehead illuminates the experiences of Ada, Frida, Silvia, and Bianca to tell the little-known story of the women of the Italian partisan movement fighting for freedom against fascism in all its forms, while Europe collapsed in smoldering ruins around them"--, Publisher's description

Target audience

adult

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Women who liberated Italy from fascism

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