Un'immagine un po' spettrale di Margherita Sarfatti (1880-1961), un'intellettuale italiana di notevole interesse, nota soprattutto per essere stata l'amante del Duce, Benito Mussolini, all'inizio della sua carriera. Potrebbe essere stata molto più di una semplice amante, e potrebbe aver svolto un ruolo importante sia nei successi di Mussolini che nella sua caduta finale. Margherita Sarfatti appare nel mio romanzo "The Etruscan Quest". Qui, espando la mia interpretazione del suo ruolo nell...| Il Blog di Ugo Bardi
A ghostly image of Margherita Sarfatti (1880-1961), a remarkably interesting Italian intellectual, known mostly because she was the lover of the Duce, Benito Mussolini, at the beginning of his career. She might have been much more than just a lover, and she may have played an important part both in Mussolini's successes and in his eventual downfall. Margherita Sarfatti makes a cameo appearance in my novel "The Etruscan Quest" and, here, I expand my interpretation of her role in history by pr...| Cassandra's Legacy
The acrylic plexiglass dome of a modern submersible is a technological marvel, but it is also extremely dangerous. A small crack, and it is gone. | Cassandra's Legacy
Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000), The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles. Pt 2 of The Novel of Ferrara, translated from the Italian by Jamie McKendrick (W.W. Norton, 2016). First published 1958 Giorgio Bassani revised a sequence of novels and short stories into a single entity … Continue reading → The post Giorgio Bassani, The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles appeared first on Tredynas Days.| Tredynas Days
John Holbo at Crooked Timber reprises a debate which raged 7 years ago when a book called Liberal Fascism was published. His take focuses on Germany but mine puts more weight on Italy. I think the …| pseudoerasmus