Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the Costa Biography Award ** Washington Post Best Books of 2013** ** Economist Best Books of 2013** This fascinating life of Gabriele d\'Annunzio--the charismatic poet, bon vivant, and virulent nationalist who prefigured Mussolini--traces the early twentieth century\'s trajectory from Romantic idealism to Fascist thuggery.
D\'Annunzio was Italy\'s premier Poet at a time when poetry could trigger.
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the Costa Biography Award ** Washington Post Best Books of 2013** ** Economist Best Books of 2013** This fascinating life of Gabriele d\'Annunzio--the charismatic poet, bon vivant, and virulent nationalist who prefigured Mussolini--traces the early twentieth century\'s trajectory from Romantic idealism to Fascist thuggery
