Il Duce and His Women
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Velia, Titta, see Matteotti, Titta
Vella, Arturo (socialist): ref 1, ref 2
Veneziana, Bianca (pseudonym used by Bianca Ceccato): ref 1
Verdi, Giuseppe (composer): ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Forza del destino, La: ref 1
Giorno di regno, Un: ref 1
Inno delle nazioni: ref 1
Nabucco: ref 1
Vernocchi, Olindo (local socialist party leader): ref 1, ref 2
Vero Eretico (pseudonym used by Mussolini to pen articles for Lo staffile and La lima): ref 1, ref 2
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy: ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom: ref 1, ref 2
Vie del cuore, Le (film): ref 1
Villa, Pancho (Mexican revolutionary): ref 1
Villafranca (play written by Mussolini and Giovacchino Forzano): ref 1
Villa Montemaggiore: ref 1
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Villa Weber: ref 1
Virgil (poet): ref 1
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Vita segreta di Mussolini (anti-Mussolini pamphlet): ref 1
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List of Plates
1. Benito Mussolini in 1922, shortly after he had become head of government.
2. A view of Predappio, the birthplace of Mussolini.
3. The house in which Mussolini was born.
4. Letter of 8th September 1895 from Rosa Maltoni to the Prefect of Forlì asking for a subsidy for her son Benito, “who – according to his teachers – shows some signs of promise”.
5. Rosa Maltoni and Alessandro Mussolini, the Duce’s parents.
6. Rachele Mussolini, the Duce’s wife.
7. Presumed photo of Ida Dalser and Benito Albino, the son born from Dalser’s affair with Mussolini.
8. Bruno and Vittorio, the two elder sons of the Duce.
9. Mussolini with his daughter Edda when she was seventeen.
10. Mussolini and his family: his wife Rachele, Anna Maria, Romano, Edda, Bruno and Vittorio.
11. Letter from Mussolini to a friend dated 3rd September 1902 from Lausanne, which begins: “Dear friend, what I am about to write down are the sad memories of a disillusioned youth for whom everything is fading away – even the ideal. You mustn’t tell anyone about the contents of the following pages: a woman alone knows my pain, and once you’ve read this, you’ll know too.
12. Mugshot of “Benedetto” Mussolini after his arrest in Switzerland in June 1903.
13. Mussolini the revolutionary in Lausanne, October 1904: “To my mother – grateful and mindful”.
14. Mussolini as a Bersagliere during his early service as a soldier.
15. Mussolini in 1910, when he was appointed editor of the newspaper La lotta di classe in Forlì.
16. Mussolini in 1913, when he became editor of Avanti!.
17. Mussolini in 1915, as a Bersagliere on Mount Javoršček during the war.
18. Mussolini, on the right, in the Kras trenches with his comrades.
19. Mussolini posing as a member of the Arditi during the First World War.
20. The military hospital in which Mussolini stayed, shown after being bombarded by the Austrians in 1915.
21. Mussolini in 1918, when he was editor of Il Popolo d’Italia.
22. The memorial plaque affixed in 1923 above the door of the offices in which Il Popolo d’Italia was first set up in November 1914.
23. The Duce’s office at Il Popolo d’Italia up to February 1922.
24. Arnaldo Mussolini, the Duce’s brother (described in Mussolini’s My Life as the “super journalist of Italy”), who took over the editorship of Il Popolo d’Italia in 1922.
25. Margherita Sarfatti, Benito Mussolini’s lover and first biographer, who was instrumental in the creation of the Mussolini myth.
26. A stylized, classical-looking bust of Mussolini by Adolfo Wildt, used as a frontispiece for Sarfatti’s Dux.
27. The 1932 paperback reprint of the Italian edition of Dux. The building of the Mussolini myth: four pictures from Margherita Sarfatti’s Dux.
28. Mussolini the “aviator”, 1920.
29. Mussolini horse-riding in the Campagna Romana, 1923.
30. Mussolini playing with his pet lion Italia in her cage, 1923.
31. Mussolini holidaying on a boat in Nettuno, 1925.
32. Mussolini just before the March on Rome, 1922.
33. The March on Rome: the main railway station in Milan patrolled by Blackshirts.
34. The March on Rome: Blackshirts patrolling outside the Fascist headquarters in Milan.
35. Fascist leaders with Mussolini. The consolidation of power.
36. Prime Minister Mussolini in 1922.
37. Mussolini as Minister of the Navy, inspecting the naval officers in Ostia in 1925.
38. Mussolini as Minister of the Air Force, presiding over an aircraft competition in 1923.
39. Mussolini with the Prince of Piedmont (Umberto) and his undersecretary Giacomo Acerbo at a Balilla parade.
40. The inauguration of the Casa del Fascio at Signa, near Florence, in 1928, with Fascists wearing Roman costumes grouped at the entrance.
41. Mussolini addressing a Fascist rally.
Plates
1. Benito Mussolini in 1922, shortly after he had become head of government.
2. A view of Predappio, the birthplace of Mussolini.
3. The house in which Mussolini was born.
4. Letter of 8th September 1895 from Rosa Maltoni to the Prefect of Forlì asking for a subsidy for her son Benito, “who – according to his teachers – shows some signs of promise”.
5. Rosa Maltoni and Alessandro Mussolini, the Duce’s parents.
6. Rachele Mussolini, the Duce’s wife.
7. Presumed photo of Ida Dalser and Benito Albino, the son born from Dalser’s affair with Mussolini.
8. Bruno and Vittorio, the two elder sons of the Duce.
9. Mussolini with his daughter Edda when she was seventeen.
10. Mussolini and his family: his wife Rachele, Anna Maria, Romano, Edda, Bruno and Vittorio.
11. Letter from Mussolini to a friend dated 3rd September 1902 from Lausanne, which begins: “Dear friend, what I am about to write down are the sad memories of a disillusioned youth for whom everything is fading away – even the ideal. You mustn’t tell anyone about the contents of the following pages: a woman alone knows my pain, and once you’ve read this, you’ll know too.
12. Mugshot of “Benedetto” Mussolini after his arrest in Switzerland in June 1903.
13. Mussolini the revolutionar
y in Lausanne, October 1904: “To my mother – grateful and mindful”.
14. Mussolini as a Bersagliere during his early service as a soldier.
15. Mussolini in 1910, when he was appointed editor of the newspaper La lotta di classe in Forlì.
16. Mussolini in 1913, when he became editor of Avanti!.
17. Mussolini in 1915, as a Bersagliere on Mount Javoršček during the war.
18. Mussolini, on the right, in the Kras trenches with his comrades.
19. Mussolini posing as a member of the Arditi during the First World War.
20. The military hospital in which Mussolini stayed, shown after being bombarded by the Austrians in 1915.
21. Mussolini in 1918, when he was editor of Il Popolo d’Italia.
22. The memorial plaque affixed in 1923 above the door of the offices in which Il Popolo d’Italia was first set up in November 1914.
23. The Duce’s office at Il Popolo d’Italia up to February 1922.
24. Arnaldo Mussolini, the Duce’s brother (described in Mussolini’s My Life as the “super journalist of Italy”), who took over the editorship of Il Popolo d’Italia in 1922.
25. Margherita Sarfatti, Benito Mussolini’s lover and first biographer, who was instrumental in the creation of the Mussolini myth.
26. A stylized, classical-looking bust of Mussolini by Adolfo Wildt, used as a frontispiece for Sarfatti’s Dux.
27. The 1932 paperback reprint of the Italian edition of Dux. The building of the Mussolini myth: four pictures from Margherita Sarfatti’s Dux.
28. Mussolini the “aviator”, 1920.
29. Mussolini horse-riding in the Campagna Romana, 1923.
30. Mussolini playing with his pet lion Italia in her cage, 1923.
31. Mussolini holidaying on a boat in Nettuno, 1925.
32. Mussolini just before the March on Rome, 1922.
33. The March on Rome: the main railway station in Milan patrolled by Blackshirts.
34. The March on Rome: Blackshirts patrolling outside the Fascist headquarters in Milan.
35. Fascist leaders with Mussolini. The consolidation of power.
36. Prime Minister Mussolini in 1922.
37. Mussolini as Minister of the Navy, inspecting the naval officers in Ostia in 1925.
38. Mussolini as Minister of the Air Force, presiding over an aircraft competition in 1923.
39. Mussolini with the Prince of Piedmont (Umberto) and his undersecretary Giacomo Acerbo at a Balilla parade.
40. The inauguration of the Casa del Fascio at Signa, near Florence, in 1928, with Fascists wearing Roman costumes grouped at the entrance.
41. Mussolini addressing a Fascist rally.