| Description |
xxxv, 642 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [603]-642). |
| Contents |
The fall of Italy. A Roman coup ; Interlude ; Bursting into life ; A war zone ; Making lions ; The piccoli geni ; A little woman -- A year of fire. Heedless ; The hunters and the hunted ; A lizard among the rocks ; Nesting in kitchens ; Summer of flames ; Haunted by death ; Learning to live better -- Liberation. Mothers of the resistance ; Squashing the cockroaches ; Insurrection ; Bloodletting ; A love of forgetting |
| Summary |
In the late summer of 1943, when Italy broke with the Germans and joined the Allies after suffering catastrophic military losses, an Italian Resistance was born. Four young Piedmontese women Ada, Frida, Silvia and Bianca living secretly in the mountains surrounding Turin, risked their lives to overthrow Italys authoritarian government. They were among the thousands of Italians who joined the Partisan effort to help the Allies liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators. What made this partisan war all the more extraordinary was the number of women like this brave quartet who swelled its ranks. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Italy.
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Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945.
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| Genre |
Nonfiction.
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Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9780062979155 (lg. print : sc) |
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0062979159 (lg. print : sc) |
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