{"product_id":"the-woman-who-shot-mussolini-a-biography-paperback","title":"The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Stonor Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 1926, a woman stepped out of the crowd on Rome's Campidoglio Square and shot Mussolini at point-blank range. He escaped virtually unscathed. Violet Gibson, who expected to be thanked for her action, was arrested, labeled a crazy Irish spinster and a half-mad mystic---and promptly forgotten. Now, in an elegant work of reconstruction, Frances Stonor Saunders retrieves this remarkable figure from the lost historical record. In a grand tragic narrative, full of suspense and mystery, conspiracy and back-room diplomacy, she vividly resurrects the life and times of a woman who sought to forestall catastrophe, whatever the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Stonor Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, received the Royal Historical Society's Gladstone Memorial Prize, and was translated into ten languages. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.28 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454228349106,"sku":"9780312681128","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/83d83012d2d3062fecfed85e656d21ac.webp?v=1778845566","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-woman-who-shot-mussolini-a-biography-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}