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FREE eBook Download - Mussolini’s Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City by Borden Painter

November 10, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Here’s a free historical nonfiction download from Barnes & Noble! It’s in ePub format, but it’s the special B&N drm so you will need the Nook eReader or the free Nook apps to read it. (I’ll be sure to update this if Amazon price-matches for the Kindle!)

‘Mussolini’s Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City‘ by Borden Painter is available for FREE download on the Barnes & Noble site (The Kindle edition would cost you $14.97!). Just click here to download!

Book Description

An eye-opening look at the architectural mark fascism left on one of the world’s most beloved cities.

Rome was Mussolini’s obsession. After coming to power as a result of his famed march on the city in 1922, he promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a major power on the world stage. In the next two decades, he set about rebuilding Rome as the foremost site and symbol of the new fascist order. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction, he sought to make Rome a capital that both embraced modernity while preserving and glorifying the city’s ancient past. Building the new Rome put people to work; ‘liberated’ ancient monuments from cluttered surroundings; cleared slums; produced giant complexes for education, sports, and cinema; produced wide new boulevards and piazzas; and provided the regime with a showcase in which to assert the power and identity of fascism.

This intriguing book reveals Mussolini’s tremendous and lasting impact on the city to which millions flock each year.

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