Caroline Moorehead is the New York Times bestselling author of the Resistance Quartet, which includes A Bold and Dangerous Family, Village of Secrets, and A Train in Winter, as well as Human Cargo, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. An acclaimed biographer, she has written for the New York Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Independent. She lives in London and Italy.
"Offers a neat capsule history of Italy in the first half of the
century, particularly Mussolini's rise to power.... Hit[s] home...
in its inescapable parallels to our current situation. Ms.
Moorehead never makes the point explicitly, and she doesn't have
to." -- Wall Street Journal"An intimate family portrait....
Moorehead has done us a great service in restoring the humanity of
the Rosselli family.... It's the most complete portrait we have in
English of this extraordinary family fighting--each in his or her
own way--the most pernicious ideology of the last century." -- New
York Times Book Review"This account of a patriotic Italian-Jewish
family at the forefront of the resistance to Mussolini's regime
follows the brothers.... But the center of the book is their
mother, Amelia, a prominent playwright and feminist to whom they
wrote frequently. Moorehead draws extensively on their letters,
giving the reader an intimate sense of the everyday depredations of
life under Fascism." -- New Yorker"Much has been written about life
under fascist rule.... But the study of a nation can never be as
emotionally compelling as the study of a family. Expertly
alternating vivid domestic detail with lucid exposition of the
gradual evolution of totalitarianism, Caroline Moorehead allows her
readers not only to know, but also to feel, how it was to endure
fascist oppression."
-- Guardian"An extremely personal and engaging story about the
price one family paid for its political resistance.... A
must-read." -- Library Journal, starred review"Moorehead, a
distinguished biographer and historian, tells the story of the
Rosselli brothers and their mother Amelia, a playwright, with
sensitivity, erudition, and balance.... A fine tribute." --
Financial Times "Moorehead recounts a story that deserves to be
better known, exploiting her remarkable understanding of the nation
and its culture." -- Max Hastings, London Sunday Times"A haunting
reminder of the fragility of liberty and the dangers of
complaisance." -- Times (London)"Shines light on the Rosselli
family... to illuminate the treacherous and contradictory nature of
life in Il Duce's Italy.... As well versed in Italian socialism as
she is in spy-novel tropes, Moorehead combines intellectual rigor
with immersive storytelling that will appeal to specialists and
casual readers alike." -- Publishers Weekly"An absorbing,
well-documented narrative.... A vivid portrait of resistance in
dark, perilous times that is not without contemporary relevance."
-- Kirkus"An inspiring story, well told." -- Booklist
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