Body of Il Duce

A brilliant young historian follows the odyssey of Mussolini''s body in an original exploration of the history and legacy of Italian Fascism

Bullet-ridden, spat on, butchered bloody: this was the fate of Il Duce, strung up beside his dead mistress in a Milan square, as reviled in death as he was adored in life. With Italy''s defeat in World War II, the cult of Benito Mussolini''s physical self w...