by Tobias Jones
defence of Berlusconi 1
programming 1
share value 1
youth appeal 1
see also Berlusconi, Silvio, media interests; RAI television; television
Mediobanca 1, 2, 3
Mediolanum 1
Miceli, General Vito 1
Mihajlovic, Sinisa 1
Milan 1
Milano 1 2, 3
Milo, Sandra 1
Mimun, Clemente 1
Mina (Mina Anna Mazzini) 1
Ministry of Finance 1
Moggi, Alessandro 1
Moggi, Luciano 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Monopolio di Stato 1, 2
Montale, Eugenio 1
Montanelli, Indro 1, 2
criticism of Berlusconi 1, 2
death 1
Monte Sant’Angelo 1, 2
Santuario di San Michele 1, 2
Monti, Mario 1
Moratti, Letizia 1
Moravia, Alberto 1
Moro, Aldo 1, 2, 3, 4
Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Gianfranco Fini 1, 2
renamed National Alliance 1, 2
riots in Genoa (1960) 1
see also National Alliance
Mozia 1
Mussolini, Alessandra 1
Mussolini, Benito 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) 1, 2, 3
Nakata, Hidetoshi 1
National Alliance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
nepotism 1
Nero 1
Northern League 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
bomb attacks against 1
Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari 1
Nuclei of Revolutionary Proletarian Initiatives 1
Observer 1
Office for Reserved Affairs 1, 2
offshore companies 1
Ordine Nuovo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
bombs 1, 2
revolt in Reggio Calabria 1
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor 1, 2
OVRA 1
Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione) 1
beatification 1, 2, 3, 4
miracles 1
relations with Catholic church 1
religious artefacts 1, 2, 3
stigmata 1
Pagine Utili 1
Pairetto, Pierluigi 1
Palazzo Ducale, Parma 1
Palermo 1
Panebianco, Angelo 1
Panorama 1
Pansa, Giampaolo, Il Malloppo 1
Paolini, Marco 1
Papadopoulos, Georgios 1
Parco Ducale, Parma 1
Parenti, Tiziana 1
parliament, Italian 1, 2, 3
compared to British parliament 1
electoral system 1
Parma 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Partisan Action Group 1
partisans 1, 2
executions of 1, 2
role models 1
treatment by Decima Mas 1
Pasolini, Pier Paolo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
12 Dicembre 1
Salò 1
Pasternak, Boris, Doctor Zhivago 1
Pastorello, Giambattista 1
patriotism 1, 2, 3, 4
Pavese, Cesare 1
Pecorella, Gaetano 1, 2
conflict of interests 1
Pecorelli, Mino 1
Pedersoli, Carlo (Bud Spencer) 1
Pellegrino, Giovanni 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
pentiti 1, 2, 3
Carlo Digilio 1, 2, 3
Leonardo Marino 1, 2
Martino Siciliano 1, 2
pentitismo 1, 2
People’s Party see Christian Democrats
Pessotto, Gianluca 1
Petri, Elio 1
phone taps 1
Piano, Renzo 1
Piazza Fontana 1, 2
Piazza Fontana bomb 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Article 1 2
Carlo Maria Maggi 1
Delfo Zorzi 1
explosives 1
Fascists accused 1, 2
Ministry of Interior 1
Office for Reserved Affairs 1
Pino Pinelli see Pinelli, Pino
SID 1
sentence 1
Pietrostefani, Giorgio 1
Pillitteri, Paolo 1
Pindar 1
Pinelli, Pino
death of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
exhumed 1, 2, 3
interrogation 1
symbolism 1, 2
Pirandello, Luigi 1, 2, 3, 4
Pirelli 1, 2
Pirlo, Andrea 1
Pisa 1, 2, 3
Pius XII, Pope 1
Plato 1
Platt, David 1
Poggiolini, Duilio 1
Polo delle Libertà (Pole of Liberties) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Popular Party 1
‘Porta a Porta’ 1
Praise of Folly (Erasmus) 1
Previti, Cesare 1, 2, 3, 4
Principi Savoia 1
funeral of Maria Josè 1
return 1, 2
Prodi, Romano 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Propaganda Due (P2) 1
linked to terrorist groups 1
manifesto 1
Silvio Berlusconi 1
Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia 1
Protocols of Rome 1
Publitalia 1, 2, 3
Quintanilla, Roberto 1
Radicals 1, 2
RAI television 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
advisory committee 1
American bid for RAI infrastructure 1, 2
berated by Minister for Communications 1
Berlusconi lists journalists to be sacked 1
following Mediaset’s example 1
Law 1 (Mammí Law) 2
licence fee 1, 2
monopoly ended 1, 2
new directors appointed 1
opposition to Mediaset channels 1
political interference 1
ratings battle 1
sell-off proposed by Berlusconi 1
see also Berlusconi, Silvio, media interests; Mediaset television; television
Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph 1
Rauti, Pino 1, 2, 3, 4
interview with author 1
Piazza Fontana bomb 1, 2
Reagan, Ronald 1
Realacci, Ermete 1
Red Brigades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Red Brigades–Combatant Communist Party 1
Refounded Communist Party 1
withdrawal from left-wing coalition 1, 2
Reggio Calabria 1
Reggio Emilia 1, 2, 3
Reporters Without Borders 1
Republic of Salò (Repubblica Sociale Italiana) 1, 2
Resistance 1, 2
Rijkaard, Frank 1
Risorgimento 1, 2, 3
Rispoli, Luciano 1, 2
Rizzoli newspaper group 1
Rognoni, Giancarlo 1
Ronaldo 1
Rome 1, 2
Rosi, Francesco
Cadaveri Eccellenti 1
Le Mani Sulla Città 1
royal family see Principi Savoia
Ruggiero, Renato 1, 2
resignation 1
Rumor, Mariano 1
Rutelli, Francesco 1, 2, 3
Daisy coalition 1
Sacchi, Arrigo 1
Saccucci, Sandro 1
Salvini, Guido 1, 2, 3, 4
San Giovanni Rotondo 1, 2
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza 1
Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie 1, 2
Sant’Anna di Stazzema 1
Santoro, Michele 1, 2, 3
Santuario di San Michele 1, 2
Sardinia 1, 2
Saudi Arabia 1
Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi 1
Sciascia, Leonardo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Scoppola, Pietro 1
Scotti, Gerry 1
Secolo XIX 1
Selva, Gustavo 1
September 11th terrorist attacks 1
Serantini, Franco 1, 2, 3
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p; Serie B 1
Settimana Enigmistica 1
Sgarbi, Vittorio 1
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1, 2, 3, 4
Siciliano, Martino 1
disappearance 1
Sicily 1
SID 1, 2
Siena 1
Silone, Ignazio 1
Sindona, Michele 1
faked kidnapping 1
murder 1
Sinisalco, Domenico 1
Skorzeny, Otto 1
Slaughter Commission (Commissione Stragi) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
smoking ban 1
Sodano, Calogero 1
Sofri, Adriano 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
appeal rejected 1, 2, 3
Calabresi murder 1, 2
contempt for judiciary 1
interview with author 1
leader of Lotta Continua movement 1, 2
writings 1, 2
Solidarietà Internazionale 1
Sorrisi e Canzoni 1
Sottile, Salvo 1
Souness, Graeme 1
Spoon River Anthology 1
spregiudicatezza 1
Staglieno cemetery, Genoa 1
Stajano, Corrado 1
Stam, Japp 1
Statute of Limitations 1, 2, 3, 4
Statuto dei Lavoratori 1
Stendhal (Henri Marie Beyle) 1, 2, 3
The Charterhouse of Parma 1, 2
striscione 1
Taine, Hyppolite 1
Tangentopoli 1, 2, 3, 4
see also Clean Hands
Tanzi family 1, 2, 3, 4
Taormina, Carlo 1
attack on magistrature 1
conflict of interests 1, 2
Tele Monte Carlo 1, 2
Telecom Italia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Telemilano 1
television 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
advertising 1, 2
Berlusconi see Berlusconi, Silvio
commercialism 1
erotica 1, 2
instrument of political propaganda 1
Mediaset channels 1, 2, 3
news presentation 1
sexism 1
terrestrial channels 1
see also RAI television, Mediaset television
Terza Posizione 1
Thatcher, Margaret 1
The Economist 1
criticisms of Berlusconi 1, 2, 3
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ 1
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) 1
Togliatti, Palmiro 1
Tognoli, Carlo 1
Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe
The Leopard 1, 2, 3, 4
Toni, Luca 1
Torres Sassari 1
Tortora, Enzo 1
Toscanini, Arturo 1
Totti, Francesco 1
Transparency International 1
Tricolour Flame 1, 2
Tronchetti Provera, Marco 1
Turone, Ramon 1
UEFA 2006 1
Una Storia Italiana 1, 2
Union of Democrats of Europe 1
Vacca Agusta, Francesca 1
Vajont 1
Valpreda, Pietro 1
Van Basten, Marco 1
Vatican 1
Banco Ambrosiano 1
Lateran Pacts 1
L’Osservatore Romano 1
Veneziani, Marcello 1
Ventura, Giovanni 1
Verdi, Giuseppe 1, 2
Verga, Giovanni 1
Veron, Juan Sebastian 1, 2, 3
Verona 1
Vespar, Bruno 1, 2, 3
Vetri, Elio and Barbacetto, Gianni,
Milano degli Scandali 1
Vicenza 1
Viera, Patrick 1
Virgil 1
Visconti family 1
Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy 1, 2, 3, 4
Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia 1
Watson, Graham 1
Weah, George 1
Whitaker, Joseph 1
Wilkins, Ray 1
Wind Rose (Rosa dei Venti) 1
Wojtyla, Karol see John Paul II
World Cup 2006 1
World Economic Forum 1
Years of Lead see anni di piombo
Zeman, Zdenek 1
Zidane, Zinedine 1
Zorzi, Delfo 1, 2, 3, 4
Acknowledgements
Parts of this book first appeared in the London Review of Books and in Prospect. I am very grateful to the respective editors, Mary-Kay Wilmers and David Goodhart, and their colleagues.
I am enormously indebted to my Italian family. Heartfelt thanks to Raul Lenzi and Daniela Calebich for the open invitation to La Torre, for feeding me for four years and for constantly showing me all that’s best about their country. Much respect to all the Sisters Calebich, to the Diena family – Paolo, Laura and Matteo – and to Enrico Basaglia. Without the moschettieri from the summer of 1998 I would never have stayed here: ‘L’Albe’, ‘Il Davo’ and ‘Il Gallo’ have been very, very grandi.
I have had the immense fortune, over many years, of picking the large brains of Professors Diego Saglia, Jeremy Elston, Hugh Jones and Niall Ferguson. The sharing of their wisdom in times of need has been invaluable. My avvocato, Filippo Ziveri, has accompanied me on various journeys, and has always been very generous and judicious. I’ve also been exceptionally lucky to share the company, contacts and Catholicism of Glenn Alessi, an outsider with the inside track.
The following have all helped me out when it really counted: Rebecca Nicolson, Lucia Sbravati, Carlo Torinesi, Pino Colombi, Betta Salvini, Giovanni Granatiero, Philippa Woolf, Norah Wallace, Marco Mazzoli, Mette Rudvin, John Foot, Giuseppe Lavagetto, Robert Frew, Marcello Ziveri, Andrew Wigley, Caterina Pavese, Mario Casartelli, John ‘Killer’ Carnegie, Gloria Saccò, Mauro Levati, Stefano Mercurio, Letizia Di Chiara, Stephen Flemington, Livio Lacchini, Stephanie Tann, Mario Salvini, Ciccio Perucci, the Caramaschi family and Giovanni Camattini. Respect also to Dickon and Debbie, Sparky and Rich, Matthew and Nicola, Alex and Amelia, Rob and Nobuko, Frances O’Sullivan Wallace, Clare Ranger and the rest. Stephen Anderman and Richard Hepwood both know I have a debt with them, and they both know why.
I have benefitted from extraordinary back-up from Britain. My agent, Georgina Capel at Capel & Land, has kept me fed and clothed. I’m hugely grateful to her and to Robert Caskie and Philippa Brewster. I will always be indebted to Walter Donohue at Faber. Writing on Italy has often been excruciating and Walter has kept me balanced in many ways other than just the financial. Thanks also to Jon Riley and everyone else at Faber for their faith and patience.
Above all else, I’m indebted to my family back in Britain. The generosity of my parents, Bob and Jane, and of my siblings, David and Vandana and Paul, defies description. Thanks to them, and to all the other Joneses, Wallaces, and Ramrakhas.
Unless otherwise stated, I take responsibility for the translations of Italian texts. Any errors, of translation or otherwise, are obviously entirely mine.
Author biography
Tobias Jones studied at Jesus College, Oxford. He was on the staff of the London Review of Books and the Independent on Sunday before moving to Parma in 1999. He is also the author of Utopian Dreams.
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