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Il Duce's Other Woman Mussolini's Jewish Mistress Margherita Sarfatti Biography. The Biography of Margherita Sarfatti. However, her story has a tragic end. Il Duce's Other Woman. Historical Insight: The Jewish Fascist. The Woman Behind the Dictator. This is more than a biography; it is a cautionary tale about power, identity, and betrayal. Il Duce's Other Woman The Biography of Margherita Sarfatti The Woman Behind the Dictator History often remembers the men who lead nations, but forgets the people who built them. Il Duce's Other Woman tells the incredible, tragic story of Margherita Sarfatti, the intellectual powerhouse behind Benito Mussolini. Historical Insight: The Jewish Fascist Sarfatti represents one of the 20th century's great paradoxes: She was a Jewish intellectual who helped craft the ideology of Italian Fascism. Known as the "Dictator of the Arts" in Italy, she ghostwrote Mussolini's articles, taught him how to be a statesman, and even wrote his first biography, which propelled him to world fame. However, her story has a tragic end. After spending decades building Mussolini's myth, she was discarded and forced to flee the very regime she helped create when Mussolini adopted Hitler's anti-Semitic laws in 1938. Authors Philip Cannistraro and Brian Sullivan were the first to access her private diaries and journals, offering a perspective on the rise of Fascism that had been hidden for decades. This is more than a biography; it is a cautionary tale about power, identity, and betrayal. CONDITION: GOOD Structurally Sound: The binding is tight and square. The pages are crisp. Reader's Copy: Please note there is underlining on approximately 10 pages. It does not obscure the text, but it is present. Outer Wear: The dust jacket has minor edge wear consistent with age. Book Details Authors P. Cannistraro & B. Sullivan Publisher William Morrow & Co. Year 1993 (First Edition) Format Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket ISBN 0-688-06299-7 Shipping Shipped securely the same or next business day. (Historian Humor) Why don't historians like the past tense? Because it's imperfect. Listed by JT ENTERPORTALS ~ History & Biography ~ >>Powered by WonderLister App