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The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War [Audiobook]
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The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War [Audiobook]
English | March 27, 2014 | ASIN: B00INLUQ2K | M4B@64 kbps | 23h 53m | 667 MB
Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett | Narrator: Karoline Newman
English | March 27, 2014 | ASIN: B00INLUQ2K | M4B@64 kbps | 23h 53m | 667 MB
Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett | Narrator: Karoline Newman
The story of Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, daredevil - and Fascist. In September 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern-day Croatia. His intention - to establish a utopia based on his fascist and artistic ideals. It was the dramatic pinnacle to an outrageous career.
Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the controversial life of D'Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a national hero. His evolution from idealist Romantic to radical right-wing revolutionary is a political parable. Through his ideological journey, culminating in the failure of the Fiume endeavour, we witness the political turbulence of early 20th-century Europe and the emergence of fascism.
In The Pike, Hughes-Hallett addresses the cult of nationalism and the origins of political extremism - and at the centre of the book stands the charismatic D'Annunzio: A figure as deplorable as he is fascinating.