Showing The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders
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7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, the darling of Europe's ruling class. Of all his would-be assassins, she came closest to changing the course of history. What brought her to this moment?
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