The pike
Biographies
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
In September 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention—to establish a utopia based on his fascist and artistic ideals. It was the dramatic pinnacle to… an outrageous career. In The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the controversial life of D'Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a national hero whilst addressing the cult of nationalism and the origins of political extremism